Classification
Player classification
The classification of wheelchair basketball players has evolved significantly over the past 15 years. Wheelchair basketball classification is based on the players' functional capacity to complete the skills necessary to play - pushing, pivoting, shooting, rebounding, dribbling, passing and catching.
It is not an assessment of a player's level of skill, merely their functional capacity to complete the task. Players are assigned points as their classification - 1, 2, 3, and 4 are the recognized classes, with 0.5 classes between for the exceptional cases which do not fit exactly into one class, and the 4.5 category for the player with least or minimal disability.
Classes are defined according to players' "volume of action". Each class has a clearly defined maximal volume of action, which the player may exhibit. Players are observed in their competition wheelchairs, complete with all strapping they will use, but in a training situation before the tournament commences. From this initial observation a player is assigned a class with which they will begin the tournament. The player is then observed in an actual competition game, at which time their classification will be confirmed or modified if the classification panel feels it is necessary.
The total number of points allowed on court at any time is 14.0. That is, the total points of all five players actually playing. If a coach allows the team to have over 14.0 points, they will incur a coach technical foul.
The players have been grouped according to their classification below:
Players Classified as 1.0
1) Damon Fent
4) Ashley James
5) Clare Nott
6) Corey Lawton
7) Ben Meoli
9) Ella Sabljak
10) Sarah Vinci
11) Michael Hartnett
12) Tige Simmons
13) Darren Hayes
14) Sam White
15) Jannik Blair
16) Rhys Baxter
17) Hannah Dodd
Players Classified as 1.5
3) Colin Smith
6) Yarra Ryan
Players Classified as 2.0
2) Nick Taylor
3) Tony Wade
5) Kylie Gauci
Players Classified as 2.5
2) Dianne Cowen
4) Kayl Jeffrey
6) Luke Pople
7) Josh Meoli
Players Classified as 3.0
2) Kim Robins
3) Shaun Norris
Players Classified as 3.5
4) Maxx Darby
6) Kurt Thomson
7) Jess Cronje
Players Classified as 4.0
2) Adam Deans
4) Bill Latham
5) Phil Turner
10) Jake Fullwood
12) Brett Stibners
13) Michael Auprince
14) Rob Pike
Players Classified as 4.5
4) Brad Ness
6) Darren Skuse
Please see sheets below for more specific information on classification in disability sport and an expression of interest form to become a classifier.