Sports Ability
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Sports Ability is an exciting new program
from the Australian Sports Commission that
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aims to provide teachers, support staff and
sports leaders with more ways of including
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young people with disabilities in physical
activity and sport.
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Sports Ability comprises five inclusive activities,
three of which are current Paralympic sports,
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and is funded under the Australian Government’s
Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games legacy program.
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Sports Ability not only promotes inclusion
of young people with and without disabilities,
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but has a particular value for young people
with higher support needs.
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The Sports Ability program consists of three
elements: train the trainer; equipment for
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the five activities; and resource material,
including this video in which you will be
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introduced to Sports Ability’s five activities
– Boccia, Goal Ball, Sitting Volleyball,
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Polybat, and Table Cricket.
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In all of the activities the TREE model is
used as a basis for adapting the activity
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to specific circumstances. TREE refers to
teaching style, rules, equipment and environment.
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Boccia, Goal Ball, Sitting Volleyball, Polybat,
Table Cricket and all of their exciting variations
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comprise the Sports Ability program. They
can all be modified to suit different abilities,
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settings and available equipment.
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Sports Ability also provides the ideal medium
for the inclusion of young people with and
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without disabilities in physical activity.
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Sports Ability – the inclusive games program
for ALL young people.
Sports Ability is an exciting new program
from the Australian Sports Commission that
0:00:05.410,0:00:11.290
aims to provide teachers, support staff and
sports leaders with more ways of including
0:00:11.290,0:00:15.940
young people with disabilities in physical
activity and sport.
0:00:15.940,0:00:21.720
Sports Ability comprises five inclusive activities,
three of which are current Paralympic sports,
0:00:21.720,0:00:28.720
and is funded under the Australian Government’s
Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games legacy program.
0:00:29.340,0:00:35.079
Sports Ability not only promotes inclusion
of young people with and without disabilities,
0:00:35.079,0:00:39.620
but has a particular value for young people
with higher support needs.
0:00:39.620,0:00:46.159
The Sports Ability program consists of three
elements: train the trainer; equipment for
0:00:46.159,0:00:51.249
the five activities; and resource material,
including this video in which you will be
0:00:51.249,0:00:57.579
introduced to Sports Ability’s five activities
– Boccia, Goal Ball, Sitting Volleyball,
0:00:57.579,0:01:02.589
Polybat, and Table Cricket.
0:01:02.589,0:01:07.780
In all of the activities the TREE model is
used as a basis for adapting the activity
0:01:07.780,0:01:14.780
to specific circumstances. TREE refers to
teaching style, rules, equipment and environment.
0:01:17.869,0:01:24.869
Boccia, Goal Ball, Sitting Volleyball, Polybat,
Table Cricket and all of their exciting variations
0:01:26.119,0:01:32.670
comprise the Sports Ability program. They
can all be modified to suit different abilities,
0:01:32.670,0:01:35.960
settings and available equipment.
0:01:35.960,0:01:41.539
Sports Ability also provides the ideal medium
for the inclusion of young people with and
0:01:41.539,0:01:44.649
without disabilities in physical activity.
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Sports Ability – the inclusive games program
for ALL young people.
