Inclusive Zone Basketball
Inclusive Zone Basketball is a 4 a-side game, developed to enable players who cannot participate in a full game of basketball to enjoy playing the game. The zones used enable players to be matched in their abilities within these zones.
The small-sided teams and adapted playing area enable girls and boys, both disabled* and non-disabled, to participate in a fun game of basketball. The game takes into account principles of the ‘Social Model’ of disability, and lends itself to the modified and parallel sections of the ‘Inclusion Spectrum’
The game links many of the strands of the National Curriculum for Physical Education, ‘games activities’, Key Stages 1, 2, 3 and 4, and can provide cross-curricular links with Science, PSHE and Citizenship, Literacy and Numeracy.
For more information download the rules here.
* Suitable for electric wheelchair players, manual wheelchair players and ambulant with physical impairments. Players with learning disabilities may require additional support from Leaders in recognising and playing within the designated zones.
Note:
‘Inclusive Zone Basketball’ is designed to be truly inclusive, therefore teams should use their own discretion in order to match players according to ability in their respected zones.
The above rules and guidelines can be interpreted and adapted to suit the needs of all the players. The ‘advanced tips’ can be set and agreed by the players once players become more competent in their playing ability, and confident with the rules.