WheelchairBasketball news

Noblesville teen savors wheelchair basketball's rewards
Indianapolis Star - Mar 18, 2010
The RHI Racers, one of 15 competitive Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana sports teams, has earned its way to the National Wheelchair Basketball Association ... Southside youths develop self-esteem on wheelchair-basketball team
Indianapolis Star - Mar 16, 2010
Some local teens are finding their identities and bringing awareness to their challenges as members of a wheelchair basketball team. ... Today's athletes amaze pioneering wheelchair-basketball athlete
Globe and Mail - Mar 17, 2010
Bill Inkster competed in wheelchair basketball at the 1976 and 1980 Paralympic Games. A proud Tahltan from Telegraph Creek, he grew up along the Stikine ...

Wheelchair Basketball books

Real, Vol. 7

by: Takehiko Inoue
Drama, tragedy and fast breaks...on wheels. Life goes on... Get Real. Real men, real basketball, real manga. R to L (Japanese Style). With the Tokyo regionals coming up, Kiyoharu Togawa is at a crossroads. Should he stay with the Tigers just when they are starting to come together as a team, or should he go to the Dreams, where the level of play is so intense it will surely boost his already formidable playing skills? A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy on a stolen bicycle--tragic, life-changing events turn the worlds of three young men upside down.
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Wheel Wizards: It's a whole new ballgame for Seth... (Matt Christopher Sports Classics)

by: Matt Christopher
This story hits you in the face at the beginning with a boy who has lost the use of his legs in an accident. Seth is angry at everybody for his horrible loss until his sister persuades him to go watch a wheelchair basketball game. Seth is enthralled, and convinced that finally he can be an athlete again. But his journey in wheelchair basketball isn't an easy one. Matt Christopher chronicles the hard work and struggles that athletes face in training and the incredible possibility that Seth may just be able to feel like a winner again.
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Real, Vol. 1

by: Takehiko Inoue
A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy on a stolen bicycle--tragic, life-changing events turn the worlds of three young men upside down. Three very different personalities have only one thing in common--their passion for basketball.

 

Meet Tomomi Nomiya, a young tough whose passion for basketball is at the core of his very being. When he gets into a motorcycle accident rendering a girl paralyzed for life, his world is turned on its head. Tomomi quits his team, drops out of school, and struggles to find some kind of resolution to his oppressive feelings of guilt.
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Real, Vol. 2

by: Takehiko Inoue
A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy on a stolen bicycle--tragic, life-changing events turn the worlds of three young men upside down. Three very different personalities have only one thing in common--their passion for basketball.

Meet Kiyohiko Togawa, a hard-edged, no nonsense wheelchair basketball athlete with a Spartan work ethic and a keen sense of competition. Long before he ever picked up a ball, Kiyohiko was just a skinny little kid in middle school barely beginning to discover his potential to become a track star.
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