North Georgia Screamin' Eagles

Power Soccer is the first competitive team sport designed and developed specifically for power wheelchair users with various types of disabilities. The chairs are regulated to the same top speed (6.5 Mph) and outfitted with custom foot guards attached to the front of the chair which protect the players feet and legs, and used to kick the ball. The game is played in a gymnasium on a regulation size basketball court by two teams of four power chairs each. Each team uses their chairs to attack, defend, and spin-kick a 13-inch soccer ball in an attempt to score goals by advancing the ball into a goal about 20 feet wide at each end of the court.

Participants include folks with quadriplegia, multiple sclerosis, head trauma, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and other disabilities. Some maneuver their chairs with a joystick, others with a puff of air or even their chins. Like regular soccer, the game rewards agility, passing, imagination and proper spacing. And, again like regular soccer, there is contact, this among 350-plus-pound power chairs. The will to win, the competitive challenge, teamwork, and the total competitive spirit of the athlete are in no way limited or diminished because of their use of a wheelchair. As in all sports - win, lose, or draw - the thrill and joy is in playing the game.

Each athlete is expected to have an adequate level of control of their power wheelchair to assure safe play and navigation during the fast-paced action of a power soccer game. To be competitive and field a good team, practice is extremely important. For For more information about Power Soccer, USPSA, and organizational initiatives visit the About USPSA page (Information is from the Screamin' Eagles Webpage)

Two residents of Randy's House are members of the Power Soccer Team, the North Georgia Screamin' Eagles. The sport has been played for more than 20 years, but the North Georgia Screamin' Eagles wasn't formed until 2006. The team won their first tournament in Alpharetta, defeating Chattanooga, and the Shepherd Center Strikers.

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