Dans le cadre d’une initiation à la pratique du sport en situation de handicap, les élèves de la section européenne, classe de terminale, ont pu rencontrer des membres de l’association ‘Handisport 49’.
Les élèves se sontessayésà la pratique sportive, qui les yeux bandés, qui sur un vélo appelé ‘handbike’, les mains servant à pédaleroù bien encore à la pratique du basketball en fauteuilroulant.
Voici quelques articles rédigés par les élèves de la section :
What’s “Handisport Angers” ?
«Association Handisport Angers» has been created in 1969 by able-bodied and disabled people who wanted to practice sports which were not adapted to them in ‘regular’ sport clubs. Their main objective is to encourage disabled persons to discover and practice multiple sports.
The association has, from an early stage, participated in competitions such as the French, European and World’s championships and the Paralympics Games.
Two different courses can be followed. On the one hand, the “License Loisirs” was created for disabled people who want to practice sport for fun, to meet people or to stay fit. On the other hand, the “License Compétition” is made for people who want to take part in competitions. Members can practice as often as they want, depending of their availabilities.
But the association also organizes Sports Exchanges with different countries, conferences, and of course as we did last Thursday, they can present and initiate children and students to disabled sports.
You can practice athletics, cycle, handbike, judo, rugby, Torball, tennis, swimming, horse riding, basketball and archery.
| Pupils | Feedback |
| Pol | I really liked this new experience! All the different activities we practiced were rewarding. We often see disabled persons in every-day-life but we can’t understand what they feel if we don’t try to integrate their disabilities. That’s why it was a unique opportunity to practice Disabled Sports. The members of the association were friendly and helped us a lot. The equipment they brought made the activities positive (such as the Handbikes and Wheelchairs, thank you for trusting us). To finish with, it made us understand that nothing is impossible, everything is a question of will power! |
| Emma | It was very nice because we discovered new things! That it was possible to live and to practice sports when you are disabled. We experienced new versions of some sports and discovered others! It was really interesting to be in their shoes and to sometimes feel frustration! I enjoyed it a lot ! Thanks. |
| Sandra | I really loved this experience, it was so interesting to practice sport like a disabled person. I felt how hard it was to practice sport because of a disability ; the difficulty is to make a specific part of your body work. For example, with handbikes, only our arms work. And when you have your eyes hidden, you realise how disruptive it is because you lose your bearings. But it was so much fun and the members of Handisport were very nice. |
| Océane | For me, it was a really nice and interesting experience. We are in a sport section so I think it’s very enriching to learn more about sports and particularly about sports for disabled people because, even if they have disabilities they can practice sports owing to some facilities and equipments, it’s incredible. I loved this experience, even though I came to realise that the life of a disabled person mustn’t be easy, it was enlightening. |
HANDBIKE
During this interesting day, we learned lots of things about equipments for disabled people. One of those was the handbike, it’s like a bike but we have to keep our legs straight because this is a sport for people who can’t use their legs anymore. This is a bike with 3 wheels: we had to pedal with our hands around the gymnasium pitch to try it. At the beginning it was hard to understand how it works but at the end, it was easier and funny. These three hours were interesting and rewarding, I liked it and we learned plenty of things about disabled people and how they can practice sports.
Sports with disabilities
Last week we practiced «handisport». We were lucky enough to discover a new sport: handbike. Rules are quite easy. You are seated on a bike with two wheels at the back and one in front. There are two handles to control your movements and to move forward. We made several laps of the gymnasium and we had fun!
Lisa: For me it was really interresting to discover this sport. It showed us different ways to practice sport. I really liked this presentation, it was funny and really cool.
Julie: It was a great experience to become a disabled person for a few hours. Loosing a part of our body is very difficult but it was very interesting to know how people with disabilities live and practice sport. I really enjoyed this sporting event.
Louis: Personally, I found it great and a different experience to see how disabled people can practice sport. And this experience showed me the courage and the determination of these people, when it comes to sports.
Quentin: I couldn’t practice sport on that day, when the association came, but it was very interesting to see disabled persons practicing sport and how brave they are.
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