The Erasmus Project of the European Union made an exhibition in the 8th European Youth Games for the Disabled in Brno, Czech Republic with the participation of Austrian and Czech athletes.

The inclusion of the WSlalom inside the Emil Open Games of Brno was a milestone and a great opportunity to publicize the sport and keep growing together. About 15th athletes of Austria and Czech Republic had the chance to practice and enjoy with Wheelchair Slalom in a public square. For the Czechs it was the first touch with the sport, since they are not members of the Erasmus project. Activities like the exhibition in the Emil Games is one of the aims of the project.

5 partners from Catalonia (FECPC), Austria (ÖBSV), Croatia (HPO), Portugal (PCAND) and Italy (IRS) are working to develop Wheelchair Slalom around Europe for one year and a half with the support of the UE. Now we enter on the final stage of the project, producing video resumes of all the process.

The final draft version of the W-Slalom hand book is now available for all those people interested on become a trainer of this sport.  The hand book main target is to provide a first guide to start working with the different W-Slalom skills and abilities, as well as a reference to the basic rules to be used in the early stages of the sport implementation. In case of doubt, official CPISRA rules should be followed.

In the hand book the readers will find different elements that will allow them to deepen on W-Slalom sport: rules for application in the initiation stages of w-slalom as physical activity that enhances motor skills, necessary materials for slalom, the game as a catalyst for learning activities and/or training, improving overall fitness through the sport of slalom, improvements in the use of the wheelchair through slalom, and much more.

A new Training of Trainers session of the Wheelchair Slalom Project, will take place on Barcelona the next 14th and 15th of December. We invite to all sporting bodies and other relevant stakeholders to assist and expose all your questions about the program.

W-Slalom is a relatively new sport that has been designed particularly for people with motor disability, users of wheelchairs. This sessions are made for professionalize and promote this kind of sports along the European territory.

Àngels and Ingrid, experts of wheelchair slalom from FECPC will lead this formation for futures local coaches.

If you are interested you only have to sing up on this link or write to fecpc@fecpc.ca
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The FECPC, in the frame of Erasmus Project, is organizing a seminary of slalom where the assistants will be able to know more about this sport and value the present and future of W-Slalom.
We wants to have athletes, technicians, judges and interested persons in promote this sport. In the seminary, that will take place today, tomorrow and Saturday 15 of December on the Consell Català de l'esport, we’ll collect and apply proposes you will think would improve this kind of sport.
For this reason, is important for us that all stakeholders will be with a proactive attitude, that’s could help us to make W-Slalom sport grow and makes world better and equal for everyone.   
If you are interested you only have to sing up on this link or write to fecpc@fecpc.ca

In the framework of the CPISRA World Games 2018 the Federations noticed that some adaptations were not correct or were not clear enough at the “Wheelchair slalom Competition Rules & Regulations harmonized and adapted to children”.

For that reason during the Sant Cugat meeting, Federations of Croatia and Austria, leaded by FECPC were allowed to share with all the stakeholders   the details of the competitions and difine some minor changes that will significantly improve the adapted rules.
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All changes decided, were added to the original “Wheelchair slalom Competition Rules & Regulations harmonized and adapted to children” in red color. However in this new annex you can also find all the changes in a single document that just introduce the changes made from the original version.

To see and know about all changes maked click here. 

Four months after starting the Erasmus Project, the Federations began with the Awareness sessions where they explained what the W - Slalom was about, how it is practiced, its benefits and how children can practicing this sport. Furthermore, these sessions allow people with disabilities to discover a new form of integration through sports
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This awareness has been made in different places of the cities that are part of the project, having a great reception by the attendees, who filled a form of satisfaction, which yielded good results. In sessions, the attendees practiced the W - Slalom and learn more about the sport through a video that explained what it consisted of.

Each of the four federations involved in the implementation of the W-Slalom Project, FECPC, HPO, ÖBSV and PCAND, they made an analysis of their focus group, separating the groups into two categories: FG1 (teachers, coaches, sports technicians, physiotherapist, school / club directors, etc.) and FG2 (children, caregivers, family members). Above, you will see the results of participation obtained by the four institutions.
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During the sessions we observed a high participation of the female gender, and a greater attendance of the FG1 group. The invitation is for families and childrens (FG2) to participate more in these calls, since they are the ones we want to reach and transform.