Sports & Fitness vocabulary · Sports & Disciplines

Wheelchair basketball

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, wheelchair basketball means: A form of basketball played in sports wheelchairs, with rules adapted for movement in the chair.

In Turkish: tekerlekli sandalye basketbolu

How it is used

Use wheelchair basketball for the sport; detailed classification depends on its rules.

Example sentences

  1. The wheelchair basketball team checked its chairs before practice.

    The chairs are essential sporting equipment for this team.

  2. Our wheelchair basketball session focused on passing under pressure.

    The training goal concerns ball skills within the sport.

Common collocations

  • wheelchair basketball team
  • wheelchair basketball court

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