Women of power soccer : exploring disability and gender in the first competitive team sport for powerchair users

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Frauen des Power Soccer : Erforschung von Behinderung und Geschlecht im ersten Mannschaftssport für Nutzer eines Elektrorollstuhls
Autor:Cottingham, Michael; Hums, Mary; Jeffress, Michael; Lee, Don; Richard, Hannah
Erschienen in:Sport in society
Veröffentlicht:21 (2018), 11, S. 1817-1830, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:1743-0437, 1743-0445, 1461-0981
DOI:10.1080/17430437.2017.1421174
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Erfassungsnummer:PU201901000445
Quelle:BISp

Abstract des Autors

Power soccer is a sport in which teams of four compete against each other in an effort to drive a 13-inch soccer ball through goals using motorized wheelchairs. The athletes typically have upper and lower extremity impairment and the sport is played co-ed. Because chairs are motorized, traditional physiological gender differences in sport have been removed. Still, the sport is over 80% male. This study explored the experiences of female power soccer players in light of three distinct positions they hold: as athletes with disabilities in a predominantly non-disabled world; as athletes with more impactful physiological impairments within the disability sport community; and as women in a co-ed male-dominated sport. Results indicate experiences of ableism and minimally impactful but present sexism. Finally, participants note how they engage with social dynamics related to their disabilities and gender.