3 point player

Players in this class include Australia's Tina McKenzie, Sarah Stewart and Katie Hill.

"[1] The Australian Paralympic Committee defines this classification as: "Players with good trunk movement in the forward direction to the floor and up again without arm support.

"[4] The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation defines a 3-point player as "Good trunk movement in the forward direction to the floor and up again without arm support.

"[5] The Cardiff Celts, a wheelchair basketball team in Wales, explain this classification as, "excellent stability of the trunk in a forwards and backwards direction.

[7] 3-point players generally can grab, with both hands, rebounds over their head by moving their trunk forward.

[9] 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.

[12] A1 basketball players use around 120% more oxygen to walk or run the same distance as someone without a lower limb amputation.

[14] 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).

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.

[20] 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.

[21] For wheelchair basketball, part of the classification process involves observing a player during practice or training.

[23] 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.

[25] Tina McKenzie, Sarah Stewart and Katie Hill are 3-point players for Australia's women's national team.

[26] Dave Durepos and Mickael Poulin are 3.5-point players for the Canadian men's national team.

[27] This version is supposed by the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation,[27] and played in Japan.

[28] Twin basketball has a three-point classification system based on the evaluation of the mobility of people with cervical cord injuries.