Chad Jassman

Started: He began playing the sport at age 21 in Calgary, AB, Canada. (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016) Reason: While recovering from his accident he kept busy by taking basketball shots on his own. Once out of hospital he started playing the game properly. "I was bored as hell in the hospital when I lived there. I won over the hearts of the physio people by helping them with stuff they needed, so in turn they let me use the weights and the gym unsupervised. I was only playing in a regular everyday chair, shooting around, but it took my mind off of all the negative stuff in my life. When I moved up to Calgary I started playing drop-in wheelchair basketball and happened to be naturally good at it." (reddit.com, 01 Jan 2014) Ambition: To compete at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (paralympic.ca, 24 Oct 2023, 10 Apr 2024; iwbf.org, 13 Apr 2024) Additional Info: COACHING In 2017 he was appointed as head coach of the Calgary Rollers women's wheelchair basketball team, winning the women's national title in his first season in charge. "My first season I fell in love with it. As a coach, I'm nothing like I am as a player. I'm super calm. I don't know if I'll ever take a technical foul as a coach, whereas I've taken multiple as a player. I find the ability to give back gives a lot to me and I think I do have a lot to give in return. We won my first year so I can't quit after that. Now I'm just going to stick with it. I really enjoy it and I can see myself doing it for a long time." (wheelchairbasketball.ca, 25 May 2020)