MassBay Unified Sports announces Fall practice days and times

The MassBay Unified Sports program and Head Coach David Lee have announced the dates and times for their 2024 Fall practices and recreational scrimmages.

Beginning September 23rd, practices will take place on:

• Mondays from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
• Thursdays from 1:00pm to 2:00pm

All practices and scrimmages will take place in the Receation and Wellness Center on the Wellesley Hills Campus. 

Basketball will be the first sport for unified athletes and their partners to play, with opportunities for soccer, cornhole, disc golf, and pickle ball coming later this year. 

All athletes and partners are encouraged to come to practice during the times listed above, or reach out to Coach Lee HERE for more information.

If you are not familiar with Unified Sports, here is the official description from Special Olympics:

Special Olympics is dedicated to promoting social inclusion through shared sports training and competition experiences. Unified Sports joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding.

In Unified Sports, teams are made up of people of similar age and ability. That makes practices more fun and games more challenging and exciting for all. Having sport in common is just one more way that preconceptions and false ideas are swept away.