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1º Press Realease W-Slalom

2/15/2019

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Enclosed, you will find the first press release of the activities that we carried out in W-Slalom. We will continue working hard to achieve more things together!
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Final draft version of the W-Slalom hand book

1/15/2019

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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.
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New Training of Trainers session

12/11/2018

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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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Slalom Seminary

11/30/2018

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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
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New adaptation rules for W-Slalom

11/29/2018

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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. 

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Awareness Raising Sessions, one more step

11/15/2018

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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.
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Focus Group Attendance W-Slalom

11/14/2018

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Number of Sessions
​Total number of

participants
​FG1
6
62
FG2
5
53
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. 
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Training of Trainers in Barcelona

10/29/2018

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On the first of December will take place the third Training of Trainers of the Wheelchair Slalom Project, the first one in the Catalan capital. Àngels and Ingrid, experts of wheelchair slalom from the Catalan Sports Federation for People with Cerebral Palsy (FECPC) will lead this formation for futures local coaches.

The specific objective of Training of trainers is to develop a training and awareness raising programme to promote wheelchair slalom among sporting bodies and other relevant stakeholders working with the target group.
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This will be the third Training of Trainers after the previous two that were done in Zagreb and Vienna. You can find more details about this formation in our events page.
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An interview with Austrian WSlalom Team

8/10/2018

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During the CPISRA World Games - Sant Cugat 2018 we interviewed the Austrian team.
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Wheelchair Slalom International Conference during the CP World Games

7/31/2018

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One of the most important part of the CP World Games besides the sports competition, as a result of all the efforts the LOC and CPISRA are doing, are all the surrounding activities to develop new sports like Boccia, Female CP Football or Wheelchair Slalom with the training camps, conferences and Proud Paralympian programme.

Specially focused in Wheelchair Slalom, the Catalan Sports Federation for People with Cerebral Palsy (FECPC) is working together since the beginning of the year with four other partners: PCAND of Portugal, HPO of Croatia, ÖBSV of Austria and IRS from Italy with the aim to develop Wheelchair Slalom all-around Europe as an inclusion tool.

During the CP World Games, on Wednesday 8th of August being a part of the CPISRA General Assembly, all the partners of the project will present the 1st Wheelchair Slalom International Conference, as a unique platform for the promotion of this sport and for dissemination of results of the W-Slalom project, presented by Ana Barradas, part of the project and an expert from PCAND.

Also, athletes of three different countries will take part of the training camp, on 8th and 9th of August, to improve their skills on Wheelchair Slalom. After two days of learning, they will face each other in the timed and individual elimination events, on 10th and 11th of August. The Wheelchair Slalom training camp and the competition will be held on Rambla del Celler pavilion.
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The Wheelchair Slalom project it I being possible thanks to the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
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