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Adaptive Movement
Biography
Youth personal training for kids of all abilities because you don’t need to play sports to have a coach. As a parent, you have enough on your plate already. Take comfort knowing your kid is on the right path with a tailor fit youth personal training program.
Offering: One to one private training sessions, Pod training for family and friends, Live Action Fitness role-playing game, and Parent Coaching for nutrition and behavior change
Fairfax County Therapeutic Recreation
Biography
Therapeutic Recreation Services provides opportunities for children and adults with disabilities to develop the skills that enable them to participate in the recreation and leisure programs of their choice.
Staff is committed to providing services, education and resources to meet the needs of participants and assist them on the road toward lifelong participation and enjoyment in recreation and leisure activities. Staff also provides support and advocacy to individuals who wish to participate in general recreation activities.
Fairfax Falcons Adaptive Sports
Biography
The Fairfax Falcons Paralympic Sports Team provides a variety of adapted sports experiences to youth with physical disabilities in the Northern Virginia/ DC metro area. Through adaptive sports, athletes improve physical fitness, communication skills, self-esteem, and build life-long friendships.
Individuals aged 4-22 who have not graduated high school, and who have an irreversible lower extremity disability, such as paralysis, amputation, radiological evidence of limb shortening, spina bifida, a spinal cord injury, or cerebral palsy may participate. All players must be able to push a manual wheelchair unassisted. ** Not all players use wheelchairs for everyday use. **
The Fairfax Falcons Paralympic Sports Program is managed in partnership with the Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and Community Services. To register, visit ww.fairfaxcounty.gov/ncs/tracers.
$30 for Fairfax County residents and noncounty residents *Additional fee for NWBA registration for competitive play –https://www.nwba.org/individualregistration
KEEN – Kids Enjoy Exercise Now
Biography
KEEN’s Mission: Empower youth with disabilities and impact volunteer coaches through participation in free, non-competitive, one-on-one programs of physical activity and fun, supporting the overall health and well-being of all participants.
KEEN’s Vision: Create communities in which individuals with disabilities have equal opportunities for recreation, fitness, and friendship; provide families with respite and a supportive network; foster a lifelong commitment to positive change for volunteers through their engagement with KEEN athletes; develop partnerships to actively promote disability awareness.
KEEN Greater DC-Baltimore will continue to be guided by our core principles of accepting every child, regardless of the nature or severity of their disability, providing all programs entirely free of charge, and meeting the needs of the individual athlete, allowing everyone to find success and joy.
Special Olympics Area 26
Biography
Special Olympics Virgina (SOVA) provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. This gives them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. Area 26 services SOVA in Fairfax County, Arlington and Alexandria as part of the Potomac Region.
Spring and Summer Sports
Aquatics/Swimming:
Nancy Robbins (indoor)
John Ferris (open water)
Bocce (Singles)
– Peter Flynn
Bowling – Adult: Andrea Molfetto
Cycling: Jeff McGiboney
Golf: Robin Utz
Powerlifting: Tim Figureoa
Sailing: Alan Flannigan
Softball: Paul Tierney
Track & Field:
Jeff McGiboney
TOPSoccer
Biography
TOPSoccer Programs in Virginia are sponsored by the Virginia Youth Soccer Association and are affiliated with United States Youth Soccer. The Outreach Program for Soccer is a community-based training and team placement program for young athletes with disabilities organized by VYSA member clubs and volunteers. The programs are designed to bring the enjoyment of learning and playing soccer to boys and girls who have a mental or physical disability. VYSA is committed to the development of new TOPSoccer programs and the enhancement of current programs. There are many children who deserve the right to enjoy soccer but are left with no place to play within the traditional system. It is our mission to help youth of all backgrounds to enjoy the beautiful game!
