The Game
If you are a wheelchair user and have always wanted to play a sport, Powerchair Football is for you! Powerchair Football is the most popular sport for powerchair users around the world and was created in France during the late 1970s. With steady growth, the sport is now played in over 25 countries, with more joining every year. For more on the history of this wonderful sport, visit the International Federation of Powerchair Football Association (FIPFA) website.
We recommend watching these 2 videos
1. Introduction to Powerchair Football
2. BBC Scotland - A View from the Terrace
Powerchair football is a disability team sport played by 2 opposing teams on a basketball sized court with four players per team, a goalkeeper and three attackers/defenders. Equipped with a metal or sturdy plastic foot guard attached to the front of the chair, players manoeuvre their chairs and use the foot guard to pass and shoot the ball. For many years, these chair were simply the athlete's personal, everyday chair, or a used chair they purchased for the purpose of playing football. However, with the introduction of the Strike Force Power Soccer Wheelchair (below), players now have a dedicated chair that was designed specifically for the game.
We recommend watching these 2 videos
1. Introduction to Powerchair Football
2. BBC Scotland - A View from the Terrace
Powerchair football is a disability team sport played by 2 opposing teams on a basketball sized court with four players per team, a goalkeeper and three attackers/defenders. Equipped with a metal or sturdy plastic foot guard attached to the front of the chair, players manoeuvre their chairs and use the foot guard to pass and shoot the ball. For many years, these chair were simply the athlete's personal, everyday chair, or a used chair they purchased for the purpose of playing football. However, with the introduction of the Strike Force Power Soccer Wheelchair (below), players now have a dedicated chair that was designed specifically for the game.
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Because of the two-dimensional aspect of this game (players are typically unable to kick the ball into the air), artificial space has to be created around the players and so two distinct differences in the laws from the able bodied game are the “two-on-one” rule and the 3-in-the-goal-area violation.
