BASKETBALL

 

Basketball is a very popular sport at Special Olympics because it offers so many options for athletes. Basketball has 4 levels: individual skills, half court, full court traditional & full court unified. Wild West provides jerseys at the start of each season (you provide shorts & clean tennis shoes) which are returned at the end of the season. Please bring dry tennis shoes since we meet during winter months.

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Individual Skills

This is for athletes who are either new to the game or team and aren't quite ready to play on a team without assistance. For individual skills athletes learn how to dribble, shoot, and pass in a non-team setting. We will sometimes practice with the half court team.

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Half Court

Half court is for players who might be new to the game or aren't ready for full court for whatever reason. Half court is 3 on 3. There are no unified players on the half court team nor are 1-1 assistants allowed on court. 

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Full Court (Traditional or Unified)

Full court is 5 versus 5. The team practices the same skills as any other community basketball team. Traditional full court is 5-5. Unified full court is 5-5, except it's 2 Unified Partners & 3 SO Athletes per team

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