Recently, we were very excited to work with Rebound WA. Our students worked with the Rebound team using wheelchair basketball as the medium. Rebound WA is a charitable association assisting Western Australians with physical disabilities to lead fuller, more active and more connected lives. They aim to remove physical and mental barriers so children and adults with physical disabilities can have the same participation opportunities as their able-bodied peers.

Our Sports Coaching Cert students worked all afternoon with Clint and looked at inclusive coaching strategies. Our Basketball specialist and Health studies classes also got to spend lesson time learning new perspectives and approaches to health initiatives and different versions of the games they play. Our students took to the game like ducks to water and loved the new challenges it presented. The difficulty of shooting from a seated position was lost on nobody and in fact, only one of our excellent basketball players was able to score a three-pointer despite many, many attempts from all! 

We would like to thank Rebound WA and look forward to establishing a long partnership with this group. Our students had great fun and left the sessions with a much better understanding of the broader needs of specialist groups.

Ben Allsop

Health & Physical Education