What are the courtesy of wheelchair basketball?

Watching the wheelchair basketball game, in addition to appreciating the athlete's exquisite ball art, its superb wheelchair-driven technology is also very ornamental. Sometimes the wheelchairs of two athletes have to be hit together, and the athletes can suddenly turn a round of danger. Therefore, not only should the team members give their applause when they score goals, the applause of the audience should also sound when the athletes drive the wheelchair to have a wonderful shot.

In addition, the athletes have different levels of disability, and the audience can be identified by wheelchair. Athletes with high backrests have higher levels of disability. Athletes with higher levels of disability usually only undertake relatively simple tasks on the field. Some technical actions cannot be completed. The audience should not be cold because of their poor difficulty. They can appear on the Olympics, and the hard work they need to do is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. As normal people in good health, we should dedicate the highest respect to them and give more tolerance and encouragement to athletes with higher levels of disability. When watching the game, the audience should always remind themselves that the players participating in the competition are worthy of admiration.

The wheelchair basketball game is very fierce. It is inevitable that the players will roll over on the court. Don't rush to help them. Disabled athletes are more self-reliant and self-reliant. Most athletes can rejoin the competition through their own efforts. Even if they need help, they must be allowed to enter the competition venue.

When watching a disabled athlete's competition, show respect to the athletes and avoid rude words. When watching the game, don't laugh at and talk about athletes. When you say hello to athletes, don't stare at the athlete's handicap, and don't ask questions curiously and avoid casualties and injuries. When congratulating the athletes, don't immediately rush to shake hands or send flowers. You should first look at whether the athletes are convenient or not, and do not inconvenience and embarrassment to the athletes because of their impulses.

The spirit of the disabled athletes on the field, which is not afraid of hardship, perseverance, optimism, and hard work, is a great spiritual encouragement for everyone. Life is worthy of awe, dare to surpass yourself, and the spirit of tenacious struggle is more worthy of admiration and development.

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Fu Yongqing: Yao Ming, a female in a wheelchair

At the National Gymnasium “Good Luck Beijing” International Wheelchair Basketball Invitational Tournament, a Chinese female team member was very impressed: her offense and defense made her opponents fearful, but she often fell or was knocked down. She is Fu Yongqing, the main center of the Chinese women's wheelchair basketball team.

"My legs are amputated, so the total center of gravity is not well controlled. I often fall or be knocked down by myself," Fu Yongqing said.

Fu Yongqing from a small mountain village in Qiaojia County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, suffered a car accident on the way to high school and lost the first joint of the legs and left index finger forever. "For a long time, I didn't dare to go out and stay at home," Fu Yongqing dropped out of school. In 1999, she married a farmer and opened a commissary at home. She was a teacher and was planning to live her life.

In October 2005, the Yunnan Disabled Persons' Federation recruited wheelchair basketball players from the province. Fu Yongqing was selected because of his height. “Before that, she has never been exposed to basketball,” said Chinese team coach Liu Tiehua. “In just over two years, she has been the main force of the national team.”

After paying more than two years of hard training, I am afraid that only Fu Yongqing knows it. When the provincial team gathered for training, her eldest daughter was 7 years old and her youngest daughter was only 50 days old. "I was the last one to go to the team. I didn't want anything. I really wanted to retreat. But when I think of people who care about me and think of my children, I will stick to it," she said. Every day at noon, others rested, and Fu Yongqing practiced alone; after 9:00 pm, she had to practice for a while. "When her hand stretched out, it was all about her mouth. The bitterness she had suffered in two years may have been something that an ordinary girl has never encountered in her life," Liu Tiehua said.

At the International Wheelchair Basketball Invitational Tournament, Fu Yongqing did his best to fight hard on the court. In the first game against the Japanese team, she fell to the ground 7 times, got the team's highest score of 19, and was finally fined for 5 fouls; in the second game against the German team, Fu Yongqing did not have one night. Sleep well. "Too nervous, we are far from their strength, but I hope to win a game," she said. In the third round of the preliminaries, he lost to the Canadian team. Fu Yongqing spit twice. After the game, he could not hold his hand.

The Chinese women's wheelchair basketball team, which has just been established for more than half a year, is very different from the world's strong teams. Fu Yongqing said: "In terms of upper body strength, they have been practicing for more than ten years. Our team members are only one or two years old, and the distance and accuracy are not enough."

Fu Yongqing now has only one dream - glory for the country at the Beijing Paralympics. "Before I used a prosthetic life, now I am used to life in a wheelchair. It is wheelchair basketball that allows me to go out of the house, go to the world, get a rebirth, I am very satisfied," she said.

Philip Craven: Chairman of the International Paralympic Games

Born in the UK in July 1950, he was a wheelchair basketball player and coach, and also held senior positions in some international wheelchair basketball organizations.

Between 1972 and 1988, Craven participated in five Paralympic wheelchair basketball events, won the Wheelchair Basketball Federal Games Championship in 1970, won the World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in 1973, and won the World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in 1975, 1971. In 1974, he won the European Basketball Championship in Wheelchair Basketball. In 1993, he won the European Cup in Wheelchair Basketball and won the European Championship in Wheelchair Basketball in 1994.

From 1998 to 2002, Craven was the coach of the British wheelchair basketball team, and served as the CEO of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation from 1994 to 1998. From 1998 to 2002, he served as Chairman of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. From 1984 to 1988, he served as Chairman of the Basketball Classification Committee of the International Wheelchair Federation. From 1977 to 1980 and from 1984 to 1987, he was the Chairman of the British Basketball Federation. In 1991, thanks to his contribution to wheelchair basketball, Elizabeth II awarded him the Medal of the British Empire.

In 1966, he was disabled in a climbing accident and began his wheelchair basketball career. He has participated in the 5th Paralympic Games wheelchair basketball competition and won awards in the World Wheelchair Basketball Championship and the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship. In 2006, he won the award for the most outstanding athlete of Samaranch. In 2001, he was elected as the chairman of the International Paralympic Committee. From 1998 to 2002, he served as the chairman of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. In 2003, he was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee. From 2002 to 2005, he was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee Sports and Environment Committee, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Coordinating Committee, and the Cultural and Olympic Education Committee.

"People are in doubt about the ability of people with disabilities. Let me give you an example. There is a blind runner in Kenya. His biggest problem is not how fast he can run, but he can't find a healthy person who runs as fast as he does. The leader."

"People always feel that the disabled game is not good. American wheelchair basketball player Owen, a great athlete, at the 1972 Paralympic Games, the American wheelchair men's basketball team against Israel, Owen scored a goal in the last 3 seconds to help the US team 58:57 win. It was an unforgettable game. Owen is my good opponent on the court and my good friend in life. Unfortunately, he just passed away."

Before taking a wheelchair, Craven was an avid sports fan who liked swimming, cricket, tennis, and football. After the injury, he pinned his interest on wheelchair basketball and participated in the 5th Paralympic Games. He is still a person who keeps curiosity at all times. For example, he is very active in teaching new things to a few words of Chinese learning. From the performance of the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, the Chinese language ability has surpassed the daily dialogue. 

Craven in a wheelchair is the most inconvenient for people with disabilities in life, but always emphasizes the importance of "independence" for the disabled. He always likes to control his own wheelchair and enthusiastically recommend the wonderful Paralympic Games to reporters. Face to face with Craven, it is easy to be infected by his energy and humor. This once again proves that between healthy people and disabled people, help is mutual and learning is mutual.