Amputee Sports Links
Sports and Your Prosthesis
Having an amputation does not mean an end to sports and recreation. Yes, you have a new challenge – but isn’t challenge what sports are all about? With some specially adapted equipment and a little extra help from your prosthetist, you should be able to return to just about any activity you were doing before the ampution. It may take a while longer to become proficient with your new equipment than it did before the amputation. You may also wish to compete against other amputees instead of your previous competitors. But you will find that sports are just as thrilling, perhaps more so than before, and that your new competitors are the cream of the crop! The rewards of sports and recreation will be heightened, not diminished, and the sense of accomplishment will amaze you.
Aquatics:
Western New York Adaptive Water Sports:
Basketball:
National Wheelchair Basketball Assoc:
Bicycling:
Athletes helping athletes:
Project Mobility
World Team Sports Cycling:
Canoeing:
Cape Ability Ohana Outrigger, Inc. – West Henrietta, NY
Fishing:
Fishing Has No Boundaries, Inc.
Golf:
Children’s Golf Foundation – Located in FL:
Eastern Amputee Golf Association:
HHH GolfAbility Program – instruction for people with disabilities. Located in NY:
National Amputee Golf Association:
Below are miscellaneous golf sites for equipment etc..
Pride Mobility:
The Professional Clubmakers Society:
One Putz Putter – adaptive putter:
UPRIGHT Golf Putter – adaptive putter:
Gibas Golf Club – flexible golf shafts:
Grip Mate – gripping device for hand with no fingers:
EZ Grip Glove – glove with elastic band to secure hand to club:
Amputee Golf Grip – prosthetic arm attachment:
The Stabilizer – device to stabilize your balance:
Hockey:
American Amputee Hockey Association:
Horse Back Riding:
HappyTrailsRidingCenter
Running:
Achilles Track Club:
Sailing:
Footloose Sailing Association
SAIL, Inc.
Sailing Alternatives
Scuba Diving:
Eels on Wheels:
Soccer:
American Amputee Soccer Association:
US Power Soccer Association
Snow Skiing:
Adaptive Ski Program
Alpine Alternatives
Cannonsburg Challenged Ski Association
Challenge Mountain
Maine Handicapped Skiing
Professional Ski Instructors of America
Vermont Adaptive Ski & Snow Sports Association
Surfing:
Ampsurf:
Volleyball:
World Organisation Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD)
U.S. Disabled Volleyball Team (USDVT)
Waterskiing:
Waterskiing for the Disabledwaterski.about.com/sports/waterski/msubdisabled.htm
USA Waterskiusawaterski.org
General Sports Links:
Ability Plus, Inc:
Adaptive Action Sports:
Active Amp:
Adaptive Adventures
Adaptive Sports Association
Adaptive Sports Foundation
Bart J. Ruggiere Adaptive Sports Center, Inc.
Blaze Sports:
Central Maine Adaptive Sports
Challenged Athletes Foundation:
Disabled Sports USA:
Disabled Sports USA New England
Greek Peak Sports for the Disabled
International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
National Ability Center (NAC)
New York City Sports Commission
Northeast Passage
Outdoors For All Foundation
RISE Adventures, Inc.
Shasta Disabled Sports USA
STRIDE, Inc.
Sportaid
The Adaptive Adventures Sports Coalition
UCO Disabled Sports & Events
U.S. Adaptive Recreation Center
Adaptive Equipment sites:
Athletes Helping Athletes
Enabling Technologies
FREEDOM FACTORY LLC
Spokes 'n Motion (disabled sports equipment)