PowerHockey

PowerHockey is a competitive, fast paced hockey program for any disabled person, requiring the use of an electric (power) wheelchair in daily life. It uses the same rules as Ice Hockey (with some changes and adaptions) to supply those who use an electric wheelchair with the opportunity to play hockey and to be active in a competitive team setting. The sport is also called Electric wheelchair hockey or electric wheelchair floorball.

History of powerhocky

The sport was discovered by accident, when some schools began giving sports lessons for disabled pupils. This was done in the 1970`s. The children that started playing the sport were mainly severely physically handicapped. This type of sport was great for them because it does not require much muscle power to operate the stick or the wheelchair. In the name of this sport there is the word hockey is there fot the fact that to some people the sport may seem like hockey.

There are similarities also with floorball

Positions

The amount of players to a specific team can range, but at any given time there are 5 players on the Court, There is usually one Head Coach and one Assistant Coach to dictate the movements of their individual team, The coach's can also be playing members of the team.

* One Center
* One Goaltender
* Two Winger positions, Left and Right
* One Defenceman position

Changes

* Instead of Ice, a Basketball Court is Used
* No Hockey puck is used, Instead the use of a Plastic ball is implemented.
* The Hockey stick that is used is made from entirely from plastic.
* Players with excessive limited range and movement may tape the stick to their wheelchair.
* Instead of the Goaltender freezing the puck, do to the limited movement on the goalies part the Official will blow the whistle when the ball is underneath the goaltenders electric chair and play will stop and a face off will commence.

ee also

*Wheelchair Sports, USA

External links

* [http://www.powerhockey.com/ U.S EWHA]
* [http://www.cewha.ca/ Canadian Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association]
* [http://www.thewchl.com/ Wheelchair Hockey League (WCHL - Michigan)]
* [http://www.dsusa.org/ Disabled Sports USA]
* [http://www.ncpowerhockey.com/ North Carolina Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association]
* [http://www.nscd.org/ National Sports Center for the Disabled]
* [http://www.fiwh.it/ FIWH]
* [http://vitersporthockey.altervista.org Gruppo Sportivo ViterSport]