"[1] The Australian Paralympic Committee defines this classification as, "Players with little or no controlled trunk movement in all planes.
Their balance in both forward and sideways directions is significantly impaired and they rely on their arms to return them to the upright position when unbalanced.
"[4] The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation defines a 1-point player as, "Little or no controlled trunk movement in all planes.
Balance in both forward and sideways directions significantly impaired and players rely on their arms to return them to the upright position when unbalanced.
The team may need to make additional substitutions in order to ensure they do not exceed their point total of fourteen.
[10] Early on in the sports history, 1 point players would use strapping to connect themselves to their chairs and get better balance and give some semblance of trunk movement.
[11] In a push to increase participation the sport, people involved with the National Wheelchair Basketball Association have argued allowing able-bodied athletes to compete would help 1 and 2 point players because there would be a need to balance participation on the team because of the rules regarding maximum points on the floor.
This policy was put into place in 2014, with the goal of avoiding last minute changes in classes that would negatively impact athlete training preparations.
All competitors needed to be internationally classified with their classification status confirmed prior to the Games, with exceptions to this policy being dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
[16] This version is supposed by the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation,[16] and played in Japan.
[17] Twin basketball has a three-point classification system based on the evaluation of the mobility of people with spinal cord injuries.