Faculty students tried inclusive basketball
On January 16-20, the VMU Faculty of Economics and Management hosted a live session of the master’s study program “Sports Business Management”, one of the traditions of which is a friendly basketball tournament.
However, instead of the usual basketball, the students were in for a surprise. Representatives of the Lithuanian integrated sports association and members of the Lithuanian wheelchair basketball team offered to try inclusive basketball.
“Students expected to play basketball at the V. Adamkaus Sports Center, but when they got there, a surprise awaited them – representatives of the Lithuanian Integrated Sports Association and members of the Lithuanian wheelchair basketball team, with the president of the Lithuanian Disabled Sports Federation Kęstutis Skučas and playing coach Vytautas Skučas, were waiting for them in the hall of the VDU sports center. Students played inclusive basketball together with the disabled,” says Dr. Mantautas Račkauskas.
There were tons of emotions in the competition, but not the competitiveness of the unusual competition format, but the determination and combativeness of the Lithuanian wheelchair basketball team left no one indifferent.