Local activities in Palermo - Italy
Activities implemented by the Italian group of participants at a local level
Grouop of discussion among the participants
Round tables and groups of discussion among the participants in order to deepen topics as healthy lifestyle, healthy eating, sport and physical activity: each meeting was on a specific topic, the participants looked for some info on each topic and they shared their knowlege during the tematic rountables.
Group of discussion with experts and athleths
Meetings and group of discussions among the participants and with the involvement of some "guests" able to spread their experience or their knowledge on some specific project topics. The goup of participants met a disabled athleth wit his handbike, a nutritionist, an able-bodied athlet, a personal trainer.
The participants practiced SITTING VOLLEY
Sitting volleyball is a discipline of disabled volleyball that is played while sitting on the floor. The sport is governed by the same set of rules as the able-bodied game, with a few minor rule modifications.
We played it with the participants sitting on the floor and some of them (who weren't able to sit on it) were just sit on their wheelchairs: in this way we were able to play all together! Download the game roles
The participants practiced BASKIN
Baskin is a new sport invented in Cremona in 2003 whose objective is to create an activity literally everyone – girls, boys, the able and those with physical or mental challenges to overcome – can participate in and enjoy to the fullest extent of their abilities.
We made a training of it all together, participants with disability and able bodied ones! Dowload the game roles
The participants practiced PETANQUE
The participants practiced INTEGRATED 5 A SIDE FOOTBALL
The inclusive group of participants played pentaque following the rules for the Paralympic game.
Integrated 5 a side football allows to young people and young people with disability to play football together. Players on a wheelchair are allowed to be pushed by an assistant who cannot kick the ball on goal. Participants with a severe reduction of the legs' mobility can use also the hands to throw the ball. the match lasts 30 minutes. Download the game roles
Meetings with students on the project topics
The Italian participants managed some social raising awareness activities on sport and healthy lifestyle for the schoolchildren during the event Festa dell'Europa.
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