A pilot project is launched in Moscow to involve disabled people in sports

The last few years in Moscow, active work has been carried out to create a barrier-free environment for disabled people. The next step to "scrapping barriers" is a pilot project that will be launched in one of Strogino's fitness centers in June 2016. The goal of the project is to make fitness trainings available for disabled people who do not have the financial means to play sports.

Sport and fitness classes as a medicine

According to Alexander Shlychkov, who holds the post of president of the European Union para-taekwondo (EPTU) and part-time ideological mastermind and popularizer of this type of para-sport in Russia, it was decided to start with a group of people diagnosed with musculoskeletal disorders. Initially, they are given the opportunity to take part in the pilot project for free, which is launched by 3 companies at once:

1. European Union para-taekwondo;
2. Charitable Foundation "Strength of the Spirit";
3. The network of fitness centers World Class.

Shlychkov Alexander Parathekvondo and a healthy lifestyle supports not by accident: the history of himself is in many respects similar to the fate of fellow parasportmenov. The disability received in Afghanistan served as an incentive for self-development and popularization of para-sport. Alexander Gennadyevich Shlychkov chose Voronezh, where he managed to implement many of his projects.

Alexander Shlychkov said that the involvement of disabled people in sports will begin with sparing loads, aimed generally at strengthening the spirit and physical fitness. The load will be determined individually, based on the medical indications and physical capabilities of the person. The main thing is to interest the person, to show that his capabilities are not as limited as he thinks.

Shlychkov Alexander knows from his own experience that not only financial difficulties are an obstacle to sports. According to him, the most important barrier to the sport is absence:

1. Special training and recovery programs for people with physical disabilities.
2. Coaching staff who will work with this category of persons;
3. Possibility to organize training of a special category of citizens.

According to Alexander Shlychkov, fitness training can be an excellent addition to medical recovery.

World Class is ready for training of people with disabilities

One of the World Class fitness centers is ready to begin work on restoring the strength and spirit of people with physical limitations. Professional coaching staff and doctors are waiting for new visitors, and the Champions of the Paralympic Games will provide them with moral support. Unfortunately, many disabled people have come to terms with the fact of their lack of demand by society and believes that the road to sports is closed to them. For those who do not want to put up with this, Denis Ohanyan tells the story from his biography: "When I started practicing para-taekwondo, I experienced incredible difficulties with coordination - I have cerebral palsy. But this did not stop me from becoming the second prize winner at the World Championship. Do not think that disability closes doors for you to the world. On my example, you can see the opposite. "

A look into the future

Similar programs have been successfully implemented in some Russian cities, for example, in Nizhny Novgorod and Ivanovo. In Ivanovo in 2012, local authorities even provided support to a local club working with disabled people, reducing the tax rate of land tax.

President of the fund "Strength of the spirit" Shlychkov Alexander and his partners believe that a similar initiative can be implemented in Moscow. Authors and ideological inspirers of the project are not going to stop on their laurels and plan to discuss with the parliament parliamentarians in the autumn possible preferences for fitness clubs that agreed to support the project. Meanwhile, the search for new partners among the other fitness centers in Moscow.

In the long term - to get the support of the authorities at the local and federal level to implement the project in the regions throughout the Russian Federation.