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Amputee football in Ukraine is gaining momentum, so the need for a stable training system for veterans and civilians with amputations in various regions, which would replace scattered initiatives, comes to the forefront. This was discussed at the Third Ukrainian Conference on Adaptive Football in Lviv, held annually by the charitable organization Shakhtar Social. This year, the BTN Foundation partnered the event.
This topic was the focus of the first panel discussion. Shakhtar Social Director Andriy Babeshko and head coach of Shakhtar Stalevi Bohdan Bilko spoke about the practical side of working in adaptive sport.
"Amputee football in Ukraine is developing actively, but society still knows little about this sport and the opportunities it opens for people with amputations. We are working to change this situation, and partners like BTN Foundation help us tell a wider audience about amputee football. We want more and more people to learn about it, because for many veterans and civilians, regular training becomes the first step back to an active life," said Andriy Babeshko, director of the Shakhtar Social charitable society.
A lot of attention in the discussion was given to BTN:Start. The project opens locations where participants train under the supervision of specialists on a regular basis and, alongside training, receive psychological support. After Irpin and Bila Tserkva, the team is preparing to open a location in Bila Hori, near Kyiv region. Through regular on-site activities, amputee football gradually attracts new players and coaches, who form the backbone for the further development of the entire direction.
Entrepreneur and IT investor Roman Balashov also explained how business views the development of the direction.
"In sports, results come from months of regular work, during which players train weekly, and around the field a community gradually forms. It is worth supporting projects with a strong team and a development plan. BTN is an example that scaling starts with a location where the model has been tested in practice, after which it can be transferred to other cities, taking into account the peculiarities of each community," shared Roman Balashov.
A separate part of the program focused on tools for veteran adaptation. Participants also discussed popularizing adaptive sport and summarized the Ukrainian Championship in amputee football. Foreign experience was presented by partners from the Danish organization FANT, who spoke about two years of cooperation between Denmark and Ukraine in this area.
For the third time, the conference brings together people who develop amputee football in Ukraine. The direction is still quite young, so the annual meeting allows participants to exchange experiences and compare how the situation in the regions is changing.
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