We are raising money to buy a wheelchair for our son Joseph so he can play Power Soccer. Joseph has been in a wheelchair since he was 2.  He was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a degenerative neuromuscular disease. Joseph has never known what it was like to walk, run, kick, or throw a ball.  We have always told Joseph he can do anything he wants we may just need to find a different way to do it. When he was 6, he told us he wanted to play sports. For a child that cannot walk, run, kick, throw, or even hold his arms out sports are almost impossible.  We tried t-ball but he was not happy because he had to have someone assist him and that is not who Joseph is he is a very INDEPENDENT person! He wants to do everything himself, and that is when we found Power Soccer. The University of New Hampshire was running a clinic to introduce the sport and we attended, Joseph fell in love with the sport and excels at it. Power soccer is an amazingly competitive sport. That provides Joseph the one place where he can drive as fast and as crazy as he wants and everyone on the floor is equal.

Power Soccer is the fastest growing sport for power wheelchair users. Power Soccer combines the skill of the wheelchair user with the speed and power of the chair itself, to participate in an extremely challenging game similar to soccer. The game is played in a gymnasium on a regulation basketball court. Two teams of four power wheelchair users attack, defend, and spin-kick a 13-inch soccer ball in an attempt to score goals.

All sports have equipment in Power Soccer it’s the Strikeforce chair. The Strikeforce chair was designed from the ground up specifically for Power Soccer and it is the best chair for the sport because of its safety and maneuverability. Just like all medical/adaptive equipment, this is not a cheap investment and health insurance does not cover more than one power wheelchair. The Strikeforce chair with the modifications for Joseph will cost $6,500.00.



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