HBAC #147: Empowering lives through soccer
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The episode discusses the Greater Ohio Amputee Soccer Team and the evolution of soccer for amputees during Limb Loss Awareness Month.
On the latest episode of the Audio Companion Jordan and Tim sit down with guests Katie Bondy and Jeff Sanderson for a conversation that (pardon my dad joke) moved well beyond the touchlines. Centered on the Greater Ohio Amputee Soccer Team, the discussion arrives during Limb Loss Awareness Month and offered us a timely look at a sport and community on the rise. Bondy, a teacher at Hilliard Darby is a Forward and member of the U.S. women’s amputee national team , described a game built on constant adaptation. Field players compete without prosthetics, relying instead on crutches, spatial awareness, and a refined sense of positioning. Sanderson, now head coach of the program, emphasized that traditional soccer technique doesn’t disappear so much as it evolves. Coaching becomes highly individualized, often involving collaboration with physical therapists to tailor movement and mechanics to each player’s specific capabilities. Click on the Instagram link above to hear it straight from Katie! What emerges on the field is just another vision of the ‘Beautiful Game.’ Players learn from one another across languages and backgrounds, with teammates from Sierra Leone, Haiti, and the United…
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