Sports ability

• Reach:

  National

• Focus area:

  Mainstream with Indigenous content

• Status:

  Not specified

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

Sports ability is an inclusive games program developed by the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) to encourage people with disability to get involved and participate in sport and active recreation. The aims of the program are to provide people delivering sporting activities with more ways of including people with disabilities and a means for people with and without disability to interact in a sporting environment.

The sports ability program includes the following games, these games can be used developmentally or to provide new pathways in disability sport:

• Boccia (Paralympic sport) - A bowls-type target game played at the Paralympics suitable for all abilities.
• Goalball (Paralympic sport) - A game developed for players who have a vision impairment that can be for both sighted an vision-impaired players.
• Sitting volleyball (Paralympic sport) - A sport for players who cannot participate in standing volleyball. As all players remain seated during play.
• Polybat - An accessible version of table tennis, particularly useful for young players who have coordination and control impairments.
• Table cricket - A dynamic table version of cricket for players of all abilities. It retains the three main elements of cricket - batting, bowling, and fielding - as well as most of the rules.
• Tee ball - A striking, fielding, throwing, catching and movement game easily modified for a range of abilities.
• Hockey - A dynamic game with adapted rules and equipment.
• Targeting and bean bag games - A range of individual, cooperative and competitive games.
• Traditional Indigenous games - Traditional Indigenous games that can be adapted and modified.

Contacts

Australian Sports Commission
Sports ability
Ph:(02) 6214 1660
Email: sportsability@ausport.gov.au

Related publications

Sports ability: Indigenous sports ability activity cards (2006)

Australian Sports Commission

These activity cards provide a unique opportunity to learn about and participate in traditional Indigenous games and sporting activities. They are easy to use and provide examples of how to modify games to cater for all skill levels. These activity cards are inclusive games for people with or without a disability and are designed for all age groups, from children to adult.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

• Links
• View resource: Sports ability: Indigenous sports ability activity cards (PDF - 4.8 MB)
• View information: Sports ability: Indigenous sports ability activity cards
• View website: Australian Sports Commission

Links

• View information: Sports ability
• View website: Australian Sports Commission (ASC)