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World Cup Video |
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GREAT NEW VIDEO of the 2007 FIPFA World Cup in Tokyo! Click here to watch it!
(Or you can go directly to FIPFA's website, www.fipfa.org, and view the video there as well.
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Fundraiser |
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29 Sep 08: Check out the latest fundraising event, the sale of artistic cards, on our newspage.
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18 Sep 08: The Fairfax Observer wrote an article about our recent coaches' clinic in Reston! Read it on our newspage!
FIPFA has updated its website. Check it out at www.fipfa.org.
ATTENTION ALL COACHES! Please read the open letter to you...to view the letter on this website, click here, to get a copy you can share with others (.pdf), click here.
5 Sep 08: Mike Jeffress, the dad of one of our players, is enrolled in a PhD program at Regent University and just wrote a paper that delves into changes wrought by power soccer in the lives of young wheelchair athletes. Although, as Mike says, the first half of the paper is dry and academic, the second half is very insightful and touching. Please read it here.
30 Jul 08: Two VPSA had a great time at the 2008 National Veterans Wheelchair Games - read about it on our newspage!
You can watch videos from the recent National Championships on-line at http://www.xable.com/sports/powersoccer/nationals2008 and from the 2007 World Cup at http://www.xable.com/events/fipfaworldcup2007.
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TWO Teams in Tidewater! |
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Posted 24 Sep 07
The Tidewater Piranhas have grown to two teams! They will now be known as the Tidewater Piranhas Power Soccer Club with a team in each Division. The Division 1 team is called the "Red Fish" and the Division 2 team is called the "Blue Fish". Now we just need "One Fish, Two Fish"!!!
The Division 2 team has been practicing hard with the Div. 1 team and they are anxious to try out their new skills against other opponents. The team has players as young as 5 and as "old" as...well, let's just say they've been around the horn once or twice!
Congratulations and best of luck to the club and to both teams!
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FINALLY!
A competitive sport for power wheelchair users!
Power Soccer promises to open the door to competitive sports for power wheelchair users in Virginia and around the world.
VPSA
505 Piping Rock Drive
Chesapeake, VA 23322
757-482-4981
vapowersoccer@msn.com
www.freewebs.com/vapowersoccer
What is Power Soccer?
Power Soccer is a most exciting new and dynamic development for power wheelchair users. The competitive sport has been played for more than 16 years, but is just now coming to Virginia. 16 states and 9 countries are currently fielding teams and tournaments. It’s a team sport played by individuals with various disabilities of both sexes and all ages. The game is played on a regulation basketball court, occasionally outdoors. Two teams of 4 attack, defend, and maneuver an oversized soccer ball in an attempt to score goals. The game is non-stop action similar to an indoor soccer game.
Power soccer is the first competitive team sport designed and developed specifically for power wheelchair users. This action packed team sport combines the skill of the wheelchair user with the speed and power of the chair itself, to participate in an extremely challenging game. Participants include people with quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, head trauma, stroke, and other disabilities. 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.
What do I need to get in the game?
Every power soccer athlete is equipped with a soccer guard that surrounds and protects the legs. Athletes also use the guard as a means for maneuvering the ball. Additionally, each athlete is expected to have an adequate level of control of their power wheelchair. This is required to assure safe play and navigation during the fast-paced action of a power soccer game.
How can a business or organization help Virginia Power Soccer?
To play power soccer, our association needs indoor regulation-sized full-length basketball courts to host practices and games. This, along with the need for protective custom soccer guards, team jerseys, special oversized soccer balls, and occasional wheelchair maintenance, make Power Soccer an expensive sport. If your organization can donate time for a basketball court or funds for soccer equipment, this can help our soccer league provide the excitement and energy of soccer to power wheelchair users in Virginia. Just as important, our association desires to send teams to regional and national tournaments. There is a greater expense when attempting to travel in a power wheelchair, so again, any donations will be greatly appreciated. Please contact us if you would like to become a sponsor or volunteer at:
vapowersoccer@msn.com or 757-482-4981
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Virginia Power Soccer Association (VPSA) |
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Virginia Power Soccer Association is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with the mission to develop, support, encourage, and foster the participation of Virginia’s power wheelchair athletes in the competitive sport of power soccer at the local, regional, national, and international levels.
The goals of VPSA are to:
a. Promote all power soccer activities in the state of Virginia.
b. Sponsor, assist, and develop Power Soccer teams in the state of Virginia.
c. Provide a network of information and support for power soccer players, coaches, referees, team officials, and spectators in the state of Virginia.
d. Endorse, educate, and support the laws, regulations, rules of the game, and safety standards in the sport of power soccer.
e. Encourage a sense of fair play, team work, and sportsmanship amongst all participants of the game.
f. Provide for the continuing development of power soccer players, coaches, referees, and team officials.
g. Elevate the athletic and physical fitness standards of power wheelchair users.
h. Publicize the sport of power soccer and raise the community’s appreciation for all power wheelchair athletes in general.
i. Govern, coordinate, and administer the sport of power soccer in Virginia.
j. Sponsor and act as an advocate for power wheelchair users.
k. Serve as the Virginia state representative to the National Power Soccer Association (NPSA) and the International Powerchair Football Association (IPFA).
l. Engage in any other lawful activity which supports its primary mission.
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To Contact VPSA... |
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Webmaster: VaPowerSoccer@cox.net
505 Piping Rock Drive
Chesapeake, VA 23322
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