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She's got game! Pharmacy student headed to Paralympics | College of Pharmacy - University of Arizona "After the Paralympics are over, Ill return full-time to the COP. Right now I train four to five hours for five tosix days a week. Once I join the national team, we will attend training camps and play in tournaments across the country. "In May the team will be going to Frankfurt, Germany to play and then to Manchester, England. Of course in August we will go to London for the Paralympics. What about physical balance? In order to compensate for the extent of each player's disability, we all have chairs that are designed specifically for us to optimize what trunk function we have, explains Poist. It takes a lot of coordination to be able to dribble the ball, pass, and shoot all while having to move your chair. Our chairs are an extension of our body so that when we move the chair moves with us. As this writer learned firsthand, this is easier said than done. Even with the experience of division I college athletics, all I could do was avoid tipping the chair over or running into the wall. The fluidity of motion and precise control displayed on the court by Poist and her teammates are amazing. It is hard to imagine their incredible chair skills until youve seen for yourself the wheelchair equivalent of the shake and bake, drop step and crossover. What does Poist see for herself in the future? I want to continue playing basketball, but when I return from England I will focus more on my career. I have an interest in geriatrics and would like to see if I can pursue that or work in a hospital. The Paralympics have been held every four years since the first in Rome in 1960. Twice they were held in the United States: New York in 1984 and Atlanta in 1996. For more information, see Paralympic.org. Story and action photos by Larry Hogan Jr. Contact Information: Ginny Geib 520-626-3389 geib@pharmacy.arizona.edu
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