Photo By Benny Ontiveros | U.S. Army veteran, Staff Sgt. Adam Blow, from Fort Worth, Texas, practices his discus...... read more read more
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FORT BLISS, Texas – The military recognizes and provides great care for injured, ill or wounded service members. One of the supporting factors in the rehabilitation process is preparing Soldiers to return back to active duty or civilian life. One wounded warrior is utilizing adaptive sports to transition himself back to a normal lifestyle.
U.S. Army veteran Staff Sgt. Adam Blow, from Fort Worth, Texas, finds it difficult to be around other people especially in larger crowds because of his injury but through the Army physical fitness and adaptive sports program, his goals are quickly being reached. Blow is competing in the 2016 Army Trials being held March 6-10 at Fort Bliss, Texas.
The Army Trials are being hosted by the U.S. Army Warrior Transition Command at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Blow is one of over 100 wounded service members from across the country participating in events, including shooting, swimming, archery, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, and track and field.
Blow is involved in three separate scheduled events but started practice on Feb. 29 to “mingle with different people that I have never met because it is hard for me to be around a group of people,” he said.
Finding ways to recover from injuries is hard for wounded service members and veterans but, Blow focused his energy on the discus training event, which will prepare him for his other scheduled training events such as shot put. Blow quickly acclimated to throwing the discus while listening to his discus and shot put coach, Sean Hook from Summersville, South Carolina.
The challenging part is learning proper throwing techniques from the discus and shot put coach.
“Proper technique is key to throwing a disc and shot put.” he said.
Hook taught Blow and other wounded warriors to correctly throw the discus and shot put at the training session held at Stout track.
Blow and other wounded warriors adjusted to the proper method with challenges but by the end of each practice throw, they threw with ease. Several coaches were on hand to help Blow and other athletes with proper throwing techniques.
“Being here and competing will be my biggest achievement,” explained Blow.
About 100 wounded, ill and injured service members (both active duty and veterans) from across the country will compete for a spot on the U.S. Army team for the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games scheduled to take place at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, June 14-22.
| Date Taken: | 02.29.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 03.02.2016 13:22 |
| Story ID: | 190859 |
| Location: | FORT BLISS, TEXAS, US |
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