Final Exam (Lecture 21 - Parasport: Athlete and Coach Perspectives) Flashcards
What type does Maggie have?
Originally -> spastic triplegia
Now -> spastic diplegia
High spasticity in legs, low in core
Types of Cerebral Palsy (where it is in the body)
Monoplegia: One limb, usually arm
Hemiplegia: One side of the body (including arm, leg, and trunk)
Diplegia: Affects symmetrical parts of the body (legs or arms)
Quadriplegia: All four limbs
Motor types in cerebral palsy (what kind of muscular irregularity and where in the brain it occurs)
Spastic (80-90%) - Most common form, motor cortex damage, muscles appear stiff and tight
Dyskinetic (6%) - Damage to basal ganglia, involuntary movements like dystonia, athetosis and/or chorea
Ataxic (5%) - Cerebellum damage, shaky movements, affects balance and positioning
Mixed types - Many children have two motor types
The equipment you use depends on:
Endurance, fatigue, task itself, distance (ex. wheelchair for long distances, walker for in the house)
Who is usually an aid?
A parent, if there’s a sibling, then usually the sibling
What sports was/is Maggie part of?
Ballet (created a ballerina program, used walker)
Wheelchair basketball (intro to community, had role models, friends, played as a family)
Biking (grandpa made it for her, tricycle, used leg and back straps, wide foot pads)
Sit-skiing (not as fun, but lots of progress in the sport)
Rock climbing (ask to double-wrap the ropes, wider foot pads)
Beach/ocean (have to find somewhere to enter the water (rocky), can support herself in the water, independent)
Swimming (classifying issue despite being an elite swimmer with impressive times, no core)
Wheelchair racing (Canada Summer Games! No classification needed, assumed T54, highest level, no equity and time alterations)
What is the difference between S and SB in para swimming?
They are class names followed by a number
S: freestyle, butterfly, and backstroke
SB: breaststroke
SM: individual medley
What do the numbers after S or SB or SM mean?
10 different sport classes
Athletes with varying impairments compete based on the impact of impairment on swimming, not the impairment itself
Assesses all functional body parts using point system, that determines S and SB classes
Because of different demands of each, one athlete can have different S and SB scores
SM sport class is calculated FROM S and SB
Rate physical, visual, and intellectual impairments in order of inclusivity (ability to compete)
Physical - many options
Visual
Intellectual - VERY few
How to use trauma-informed practice when coaching
- Always ask consent before touching equipment
- PT touching body, trauma
- Classification can be brutal
- Don’t pressure high-level athletes to go high-level
- Travelling is difficult, leaving their routine (plan!)
- Competitive
- Educate others as you go, advocate for your athletes
What was special about the Rollettes Experience?
Dance crew, becoming a mom in a wheelchair
All women
There were role models present and it was such a fun, welcoming atmosphere
It felt strange to be able to walk!
How individuals find these opportunities
Word of mouth, PT’s, OT’s, etc. find cool programs
Don’t really see these things advertised
What is something important that athletes want from their coach?
CONSISTENCY
Exhausting to open up every summer to someone new
Better to ask meaningful questions, figure it out as you go, let athlete ask questions, DON’T let them feel like a burden
