Featured sports for students

The competitions of the school component of the Défi sportif AlterGo are for students attending a school, regardless of their functional limitations. For its 42th edition, the Défi sportif AlterGo invited athletes to compete in person at the Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard.

Track and field

Athletics is comprised of a series of events covering a number of disciplines: races, jumps and throws. The adapted version is identical to the traditional one except it can be practiced in a wheelchair adapted to the discipline, in a tricycle or with a walker. At Défi sportif AlterGo, athletics also include a wheelchair slalom competition and a mini-marathon. The skill circuit is open to athletes with motorized or manual wheelchairs.

Baseball

Adapted baseball is inspired by 6-player baseball. It is a team sport, played on grass and sand fields or on a hard surface for young people with more limited physical and/or intellectual abilities. It is played with bats to hit a ball and gloves to catch the ball. The competition is held on a regular baseball field, except for wheelchair participants who remain on the grassy areas. Rules are adapted to the different types of deficiencies and categories. In school competitions, athletes with different deficiencies can play together. The competition takes place outside.

Basketball

Adapted basketball for school sports athletes follows rules that are similar to traditional basketball ones. However, the rules are adapted to the capacities of participants.

Boccia

Boccia is a precision-dependent sport, similar to pétanque. It is designed for athletes in a wheelchair that suffer from cerebral palsy or any other type of motor deficiency. The balls can be thrown by hand, with the foot or with the help of a ramp that can be manipulated by an assistant who has his back turned to the game. This discipline requires concentration, strategy and precision. Boccia at the school level will be held at the Maurice-Richard arena.

Functional Circuit

Functional circuit training is a physical training method that combines exercises from different disciplines to improve overall performance. At the Défi sportif AlterGo, young athletes must complete a course of various skill, strength and endurance tests.

An athlete in motion during a CrossFit event.

Rythmic Gymnastics

An athelete waving a ribbon during a rhythmic gymnastics event.

In rhythmic gymnastics, participants perform a choreography to a musical background. This choreography includes floor exercises with instruments such as ribbons, ropes, hoops, balls, and clubs. School competitions include many categories: A, B, C and 1. The routine can be performed while sitting (levels A and B) or standing (levels C and 1).

Ball Hockey

The sport is derived from traditional hockey. It is played in a gymnasium with a ball. Rules are adapted to the different types of deficiencies and categories.

Mini-marathon

A mini-marathon is a long-distance road race of a distance which is less than a marathon. Défi sportif AlterGo’s mini-marathon will hold races from 500 m to 3 km. Athletes taking part in the events can either run or complete the race with their wheel chair, tricycle or bike.

Soccer

Adapted soccer is similar to traditional soccer. Two teams fight for a ball that must be placed in the opponent’s goal without using the hands or the arms.

Volleyball

Two teams knock a ball to each other, in midair and by hand. The ball used is lighter than that of traditional volleyball. For school competitions, the discipline uses a larger ball filled with air and that moves slower. The aim of the game is to roll the ball across the opponent’s goal line. Teams can include standing participants as well as participants in wheelchairs.