Para-badminton at Smashville! We’d love to have a Smashville athlete compete in Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. 2020! We offer top flight coaching – here onsite or at your local location.
Badminton will be an official Paralympic sport for the first time in Tokyo 2020.
Classes of competition:
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Wheelchair 1 WH 1Players in this class requires a wheelchair to play badminton. Players in this Sport Class usually have impairment in both lower limbs and trunk function.
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Wheelchair 2 WH 2A player in this class could have impairment in one or both lower limbs and minimal or no impairment of the trunk.
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Standing Lower SL 3In this class a player must play standing. The player could have impairment in one or both lower limbs and poor walking/running balance.
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Standing Lower SL 4A second standing class where the player has a lesser impairment compared to Sport Class SL 3. The player could have impairment in one or both lower limbs and minimal impairment in walking/running balance.
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Standing Upper SU 5The player in this class has impairment of the upper limbs.
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Short Stature SS 6These are players who have a short stature due to a genetic condition often referred to as “dwarfism”.
Focuses for Development – Towards Tokyo 2020
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