In the "Sports Palace" Zarechye "in Nizhny Novgorod 65 athletes with musculoskeletal disorders identified the strongest in the Paralympic sport of boccia. Participants from Nizhny Novgorod came to the Championship, Dzerzhinsk, Chkalovsk, Trans-Volga.
Boccia is developing in the Nizhny Novgorod region with 2012 of the year. 2016 year, on the initiative of the NROOI "Invatur", the first regional competitions were held. During this time, the number of regularly trained para-athletes has increased., their level of training. The national team of the Nizhny Novgorod region goes to the competitions of the all-Russian level. This is facilitated by the increase in the number of objects., accessible to athletes with reduced mobility, attention of the Ministry of Sports of the Nizhny Novgorod region, administrations of municipalities to the problem of adaptive sports development. The activity of people with disabilities themselves plays an important role., public organizations.
Competitions were held in different classes, into which athletes are divided depending on the significance of physical limitations. Boccia allows people with disabilities with the most severe disabilities to play sports, actively affects the physical development and state of the body of the players, develops agility, reaction, endurance, coordination of movements, eye.
A team will be formed from the number of winners and prize-winners in the individual standings, which will defend the honor of the Nizhny Novgorod region at the all-Russian competitions.
“The skill of the guys is increasing, thanks to regular training. We train weekly at the Yunost Sports Palace in the city of Nizhny Novgorod. The result is, we will prepare for a trip to the competition " – Ivan Konovalov, champion of the Nizhny Novgorod region in boccia in BC-3 class.
Real battles unfolded among teams of athletes with various disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Dzerzhinsk city team won, second place among athletes from Chkalovsk, the bronze was won by the Nizhny Novgorod team.
“Our organization has been working in the field of complex social adaptation of people with disabilities for more than 25 years old. Adaptive physical education is a powerful resource for human rehabilitation. Parasport not only improves health, but also develops self-discipline, Confidence in your strength, communication skills, other personal qualities, necessary to involve a person with a disability in the active life of society " – emphasized the role of sports in the rehabilitation process, Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod regional public organization of disabled people "Invatur" Andrey Bulanov.
At the competition, participants could get free legal advice, to test samples of modern technical means of rehabilitation, chat with each other, find new friends.
