What are the requirements for boccia?

In boccia, it is divided into four levels (BC1, BC2, BC3, BC4) according to the characteristics of the event and the physical function of the athletes. Here are the 4 levels:

BC1: CP1, CP2 athletes. Athletes have difficulty moving physically and have poor balance when sitting, but they can still throw the ball, usually raising their arms beyond their shoulders.

Athletes in this division can compete with the help of an assistant. However, the assistant must sit in a designated place two meters away from the athlete and can only come to assist if the athlete asks for it (to send a clear message). The only thing to assist in is to help secure and adjust the player's wheelchair, as well as to pick up the ball and hand it to the player.

BC2: Athletes at the CP2 level. Players have better balance when sitting and can pick up the ball from the floor, often with irregular swings when raising their arms over their shoulders. Athletes at this level cannot use assistants to assist in the game.

BC3: Athletes with severe motor dysfunction. Athletes cannot complete actions such as holding, picking, throwing, throwing, etc.

Players at this level can use an assistive device to serve, and an assistant is allowed. This assistant can stay in the player's teeing area, but must have his back to the playing area and is not allowed to play.

BC4: Athletes with other motor dysfunctions. Athletes with cerebral palsy generally have more severe physical impairments and lack of strength than those with cerebral palsy, and have poor control of time when throwing the ball.

When the physical barrier is deepening day by day, and the brain's thinking and action are seriously uncoordinated, there are often irregular movements such as hanging hands, swinging, and swaying when throwing the ball. Athletes at this level cannot use assistants to assist in the game.

Boccia is a sport suitable for people with severe spasm (jīng luán), cerebral palsy, or severe physical disabilities. According to the degree of disability, the contestants are divided into 4 levels, of which BC1 and BC2 are cerebral palsy (CP1 or CP2), and BC3 and BC4 are severe physical dysfunction or limb disability. Each of the four divisions has a single division, with BC1 and BC2 forming a team event with three athletes on the field, one of whom must be a member of the BC1 level.

There are doubles competitions at BC3 and BC4 levels. Both male and female athletes in each group can participate.

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1. Zhao Sujing, deputy director of the Sports Department of the China Disabled Persons' Federation and secretary general of the delegation, said at a press conference held on the same day that the total number of the Chinese delegation is 547 and 332 athletes, including 197 male athletes and 135 female athletes, the oldest is 51 years old, the youngest is 15 years old, and the average age is 25 8 years old, which is 0 2 years lower than the average age of the Chinese sports delegation at the Athens Paralympic Games. Among the athletes are civil servants, students, farmers, and freelancers, all of whom are amateur athletes. They are all determined one by one by participating in domestic and foreign competitions, in accordance with the principles of fairness, justice and openness, and according to the standardized selection criteria.

2. The Chinese sports delegation to the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games was established today, which is the largest delegation since China's participation in the Paralympic Games and the largest delegation to the Beijing Paralympic Games, all of which are amateur athletes.

3. The Chinese delegation has four significant characteristics: First, it is large, with 261 more people than the previous session, including 132 more athletes than the previous session. The second is the full range of events, the Athens Paralympic Games China only participated in 11 major competitions, this time will participate in all 20 major events of the Beijing Paralympic Games, including equestrian, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball, rowing, sailing, boccia, blind football, cerebral palsy football, blind goalball is the first time to participate.

Third, the delegation members come from 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, including athletes from 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, which fully demonstrates the extensive and popular development of sports for the disabled in China.