description Power hockey Overview
Power hockey is an indoor adaptive team sport for athletes who use electric wheelchairs and cannot take part in conventional floor hockey. Players maneuver the chairs across the playing surface and use hockey sticks to move a ball, making wheelchair control and stick handling central to the game. The sport's first World Games were held in Utrecht in 1998, placing it within organized international adaptive sport.
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What is power hockey?
Power hockey is an indoor adaptive team sport for athletes who use electric wheelchairs. Players move across the playing surface and use hockey sticks to move a ball.
Who can play power hockey?
The sport is designed for athletes who use electric wheelchairs and cannot take part in conventional floor hockey. Wheelchair control is therefore a central part of play.
How is power hockey played?
Players maneuver electric wheelchairs while using hockey sticks to move a ball. The game combines team tactics with precise chair control and stick handling.
How is power hockey different from floor hockey?
Power hockey adapts the indoor team format for electric-wheelchair users. It uses a ball and sticks, but wheelchair maneuvering becomes a core skill instead of ordinary running and skating movement.
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