2 point player
Amputees are put into this class depending on the length of their stumps and if they play using prosthetic legs.
One suggestion was to allow able bodied people to participate to give players in this class more time on the floor.
Another one involved changing the classification system used domestically to align with the one used internationally by the IWBF, People in this class include Australia players Grant Mizens and Kylie Gauci.
"[5] The Cardiff Celts, a wheelchair basketball team in Wales, explain this classification as, "mild to moderate loss of stability in the lower trunk.
[...] Typical Class 2 Disabilities include : T8-L1 paraplegia, post-polio paralysis without control of lower extremity movement.
[4][5] 2 point players need to put one hand on their chair's wheel for stability when trying to rebound.
When pushing themselves around the court, they do not require the back of their chair to maintain stable forward movement.
[8] Because of the potential for balance issues related to having an amputation, during weight training, amputees are encouraged to use a spotter when lifting more than 15 pounds (6.8 kg).
To keep their oxygen consumption rate similar to people without lower limb amputations, they need to walk slower.
[10] A1 basketball players use around 120% more oxygen to walk or run the same distance as someone without a lower limb amputation.
People with amputations longer than 2/3rds the length of their thigh when wearing a prosthesis are generally 4.5 point players.
[11][12] The location of lesions on different vertebrae tend to be associated with disability levels and functionality issues.
[13] Disabled Sports USA defined the anatomical definition of this class in 2003 as, "Normal upper limb function.
While the traditional medical system of where a spinal cord injury was located could be part of classification, it was only one advisory component.
The system was designed to keep out people with less severe spinal cord injuries, and had no medical basis in many cases.
[20] The classification was created by the International Paralympic Committee and has roots in a 2003 attempt to address "the overall objective to support and co-ordinate the ongoing development of accurate, reliable, consistent and credible sport focused classification systems and their implementation.
[22] In a push to increase participation the sport during the 2000s, people involved with the American 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.
[25] Sometimes the health examination may not be done on site for amputees because the nature of the amputation could cause not physically visible alterations to the body.
[26] For wheelchair basketball, part of the classification process involves observing a player during practice or training.
[27] In Australia, wheelchair basketball players and other disability athletes are generally classified after they have been assessed based on medical, visual or cognitive testing, after a demonstration of their ability to play their sport, and the classifiers watching the player during competitive play.
[30] Bo Hedges and Richard Peter are a 2.5 point players for the Canadian men's national team.
