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Program Details

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Activities Offered
  • Soccer
Transportation
  • Accessible by Public Transportation: No

  • Transportation Provided by the Program: No

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Eligibility: school age persons; ages 5-21 with physical disabilities or traumatic brain injuries. Participants must be able to ambulate independently with or without assistive devices.

The classes are structured as 2-hour sessions for the duration of 10 weeks and meet every Saturday at 10am.

Program: The participants will learn basic techniques of the game of soccer and be introduced to the Paralympic Games, the Olympic Games for athletes with physical disabilities, where soccer has been an official sport since 1984.

Expected outcomes from participation in the program:

  • Improved levels of fitness
  • Increased flexibility
  • Socialization with peers
  • Enhanced self-confidence and self-esteem