Disability sport

Kai Lammert is the head coach and Chris Pyne is the Vice Captain of the Pararoos Elite Sports Mentor of the year 2012. Paralympic Football has no Offsides, can throw or roll in the ball and have 7 a side, play for sixty minutes while the goals are two or five meters. The field size is 75m/55m and player being 7m away from restart compared to the normal football where the players are 9.15m away from restart. On the contrary the normal football has offsides, plays for ninety minutes within a 105 by 68 meters field.

In classification and eligibility of the game the C5/C6 has all their four limbs affected by spasticity. The C7 has one sided hemiplegia influencing the way they play and may have arm contraction when under stress. C8 has mild hemiplegia which appears in muscle slight tending to favor one side, all these are signs of CP or ABI. However the scenes show that each group despite the defects is capable to play.

The Paralympics are funded by the FFA, donations through Australian Sports Foundation and the Sports Commission. To start the program makes contacts with the NFF for support and recognition. Have organized training equipment and a suitable field to train and play. Issues around involvement with disabled sports like being scared of injuries on the players make coaches not to involve them in playing. They find it hard to accommodate the players due to limited belief of their ability. However having them involved is the best way to help them exploit their abilities