Daily Archives: December 4, 2016


Looking at Jordan, you wouldn’t think she would be able to throw such a heavy basketball with such small hands. Sure enough, Jordan aimed her basketball at the hoop and threw the ball high, laughing and smiling from her wheelchair. Jordan was having a blast playing basketball, but was also […]

Intro to Paralympics: it’s all about inclusion!


On November 2nd and 3rd, four wheelchair basketball events took place in the Greater Boston area. Within 24 hours, any person of any age or gender could participate in one of these games. These events were hosted by Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers at the South Shore YMCA Quincy, the New […]

Rolling to the Hoop all across Boston


When Adaptive Sports New England president Joe Walsh decided to start the Paralympic Sport Club Boston swimming program last year, Paralympic gold medalist Michael Prout was the first coach on board. Michael started swimming when he was six, started training for the Paralympics at 16, and went on to compete […]

Paralympic Sport Club Boston Swimming: Swimming for the win