Athletic Reconditioning Archive

  • Ask Billy Demby what the benefits of wheelchair basketball are and his answer is simple: everything. And he should know. A Vietnam veteran who lost both of his legs below the knee, Billy has been playing wheelchair basketball since 1975,...

    Wheelchair basketball helps wounded warriors feel pride of competition

    Ask Billy Demby what the benefits of wheelchair basketball are and his answer is simple: everything. And he should know. A Vietnam veteran who lost both of his legs below the knee, Billy has been playing wheelchair basketball since 1975,...

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  • Even though she had been playing volleyball for most of her life, and coaching volleyball for several years on top of that, when Nicki Marino was approached about coaching the Air Force sitting volleyball team for the inaugural Warrior Games,...

    Sitting volleyball opens doors for wounded warrior athletes

    Even though she had been playing volleyball for most of her life, and coaching volleyball for several years on top of that, when Nicki Marino was approached about coaching the Air Force sitting volleyball team for the inaugural Warrior Games,...

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  • Returning for the second time as Warrior Games track and field coaches, Teri Jordan (Navy Safe Harbor) and Brittany Hinchcliffe (U.S. Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment) are inspired by their wounded warrior athletes and optimistic about what they are capable...

    Civilian coaches in awe of wounded warrior athletes

    Returning for the second time as Warrior Games track and field coaches, Teri Jordan (Navy Safe Harbor) and Brittany Hinchcliffe (U.S. Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment) are inspired by their wounded warrior athletes and optimistic about what they are capable...

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