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Cooperation between players with intellectual impairments and their partners in Special Olympics unified basketball – an observational study
Waldemar Skowroński
1
,
Bartosz Molik
1
,
Robert J. Szyman
2
,
Bogusław Słupczyński
1
,
Miguel Angel Gomez
3
,
Jolanta Marszalek
1
Adv Rehab. (2024)
Online publish date: 2024/11/19
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Introduction
Special Olympics Unified Sports® organizes teams whose members are athletes with intellectual impairments and partners. The athletes and partners train and play together during competition. There are three unified sports models: competitive, player development and recreation. The role of for athletes with intellectual impairments and partners should be equal. The aim of the study was to compare game performance of partners and players with intellectual impairments in unified basketball. Material and methods Sixteen male teams competed in unified basketball in Special Olympics Games (2010). Teams consisted of 10 athletes - six players with intellectual impairments and four partners. Athletes played basketball on four sport skill ability levels (1-4). Twenty-five unified basketball games were observed, 42 variables were evaluated. Kolmogorov Smirnov, Mann-Whitney U test were used. Effect size was used to show the strength of differences. The statistical significance was set at p < .05. Results Partners obtained better values than players in 31 game indicators. Assists, defensive rebounds, completed passes, all passes, successful passes off a dribble and turnovers while dribbling, and all dribbling differentiated both groups on all four levels. Conclusions Partners played a dominant role in the game. Coaches need to develop cohesion in team players require many training sessions together. keywords:
intellectual disabilities, game analysis, adapted physical activity, unified sports |
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