A couple weeks ago a friend invited me to a quad-rugby practice with his West Palm Beach team.  I apologize in advance for not explaining the rules in detail. I would, but I’m a noob who knows very little.  All I know is, it’s a quadriplegic sport where teams of 4 slam into each other as hard and fast as possible across a basketball court.  In between the slamming, a ball is passed between the team. The object is to roll past the goal line with the ball. The only thing is, the 4 guys on the other team are there to make sure you don’t go forward.

Given the fact that I’m a paraplegic, I could never officially compete with the team.  But when my buddy told me they were short a few guys, I jumped, yes jumped, at the chance to practice with them.