FAQs - frequently asked questions
If you have any more questions about the sports we participate in people feel free to contact jack brown with anything you need to know
how do i contact the club?
click here
Can my business / trust donate to your club?
yes please! see club info for details and contacts
can I play even if I am not disabled?
YES ofcourse, you can only have one ablebodied person on court although they can only play in divisions below division 1
what are the rules of wheelchair basketball?
here you go...
SIMPLIFIED RULES OF WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL
The Game
Each team is striving to get the ball into the basket of their opponents. The ball is played with the hands only and can be passed, thrown or dribbled in any direction.
The Team
Each team consists of up to twelve players, but only five may be on the court at any one time. points are given to each player depending on their disability, an able bodied person will be classified as 5 point, and a disabled person would get any thing below that depending on the severity of the disability. you are only alowed up to 15 points on court and only one able bodied person at any time
Scoring
A basket scored from the field counts for 2 points, unless scored from beyond the 3-point line, where it counts for 3 points. A free throw counts for one point. After a basket has been scored, the ball is thrown in FROM THE END LINE by the opposing team within 5 seconds.
Dribbling
Dribbling: a dribble is when a player with the ball bounces the ball and pushes the chair simultaneously or, places the ball on his/her lap, takes one or two pushes of the chair, bounces the ball, places the ball back on his/her lap, pushes once or twice, etc.
A player is forbidden to:
• allow the ball to rest in one hand while dribbling;
• push the chair more than twice whilst the ball is resting on the lap.
Freethrows
The shooter takes up a position behind the free throw line (front wheels may be over the line aslong at the centre of the main wheels are not over the line). He/she must take the shot within 5 seconds. Other players (2 attackers, 3 defenders) may take up positions on the key markings around the restricted area. No other player may touch the ball until it touches the ring.Fouls. here
are 4 points to make about fouls;
Penaltys
If a pently if awarded the team recieves possession of the ball from the sideline within 5 seconds, or in other cases free throws are awarded.
1. Personal Foul:
A personal foul is a foul by a player on an opponent involving contact with his/her person or chair.
Penalty: throw-in from the sideline or end line by the opposition.
2. Shooting Foul:
A personal foul on an opponent or opponent's chair whilst that opponent was in the act of shooting for the basket.
if a player is fouled on he/she will get 2 free throws (or 3 if outside the 3 point line) awarded to them if they did not score as they were fouled but if they scored, they would resieve 2 points for the basket and 1 free throw.
3. Unsportsmanlike Foul:
This is a personal foul committed by a player who deliberately makes contact with an opponent with the purpose of preventing him/her from playing normally.
thwe player ghets 2 free throws awarded to him despite if he/she was shooting or not, its the same rule if the played who was fouled is in the act of shooting although they would get 1 free throw awarded, followed by side-line possession to their team.
4. 5 Fouls by a player:
A player who commits his/her fifth personal foul must leave the game. He/she may be replaced by another player.