Women of power soccer : exploring disability and gender in the first competitive team sport for powerchair users
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Frauen des Power Soccer : Erforschung von Behinderung und Geschlecht im ersten Mannschaftssport für Nutzer eines Elektrorollstuhls |
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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.