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Special Olympics offers training and competition opportunities in 30 Olympic-type sports for athletes 8 years or older.  For children with intellectual disabilities ages 2 through 7, Special Olympics provides a Young Athletes Program. Special Olympics coaches have a unique opportunity to work with athletes in competitive situations to assist in their training for life. As a grass-roots organization, Special Olympics relies on volunteers at all levels of the movement to ensure that every athlete is offered a quality sports training and competition experience. Individual donors, corporate partners and many others make it possible for Special Olympics to offer children and adults with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy through participation in the program.
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Young Athletes Equipment

The following items are provided in the Young Athletes Program Kit:
substitutions are listed beside each item

  1. balance beam rope or floor markers
  2. light, inflatable ball any ball
  3. bean bags small toys, figures or natural items such as flowers, leaves, etc.
  4. cones boxes or cut logs of different sizes
  5. large plastic blocks cut logs of different sizes, foam blocks
  6. dowels yardsticks, paper towel or gift wrap rolls, small tree branches
  7. floor markers placemats or material in different sizes and shapes and colors
  8. hoops different sized boxes, hula hoops
  9. paddle short stick
  10. scarf any flowing, light material
  11. small foam ball any ball

Additional equipment that may be used:

junior size basketball, junior size plastic golf club, junior size plastic hockey stick, junior size racket, junior size soccer ball, playground ball, plastic bat, rope, tee, tennis ball

suggested equipment is listed beside each skill throughout the activity guide

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