To protect the health of our athletes, volunteers and community, EDD Adaptive Sports in-person programs are postponed through December 31, 2020.  We will offer virtual programs and we will share "on demand" fitness resources on this page.  Please stay in touch and reach out to us with questions.  ​

Virtual programming: Adapt at Home

Please reach out to Gretchen at EDD Adaptive Sports if you need help accessing any of these programs.  Scroll through this list to find activities that motivate you.  We are here to support you!

EDD "Live" Fitness Classes

Move your body with EDD friends!  Join us for a 30 minute virtual workout led by volunteers from SUNY Delhi. ​

• Saturday Nov. 14, 10 - 10:30am

Sign up to get the Zoom link for class.

"On Demand" classes & videos

Prerecorded videos you can access anytime:
Short exercise from our partners at SUNY Delhi 

• How to play H-O-R-S-E (inside or outside) with Carissa (student volunteer)
• Football Toss with Joey (student volunteer)
• Stretching with Brittany (student volunteer)
  
• Card tricks with Sophie (student volunteer)     
• Basketball Shooting Game with Brandon (student volunteer)
• Soccer Foundation Drill by Alexa (student volunteer)
• How to Throw a Shot Put (or balled up socks) by Marcelino (student volunteer)
• Morning Stretch with JoJo (student volunteer)​
• Morning Yoga with Barb Mackey (faculty volunteer)
  • Yoga #1
  • Yoga #2
  • Yoga #3

Adaptive Workouts

• Strength & Conditioning Workout from the Para Rowing Foundation (PRF), recommended by EDD rowing coach Andrea Thies. PRF will release new workouts each Wednesday/Thursday.
• 15 - 30 minute sessions with standing and sitting variations offered by Disabled Sports Eastern Sienna.
• P.E. with Joe posts a fun daily workout appropriate for kids

Dance  

• ​Kids Hip Hop Dance tutorial (ages 4+)
• “Staying Alive” disco chair dance - you can find more seated dances on this channel, too.
• "Feel it Still" wheelchair dance

Yoga  

• Gentle seated yoga class developed by therapists at Toronto rehab
• Yoga on Demand - free access to a special weekly collection of online classes.  
• Mind & Body Solutions offers live weekly Zoom classes for ambulatory and seated yogis.  Their schedule is posted here.
  • Monday, 11am-11pm Eastern Seated Adaptive Class
  • Tuesday, 12pm-1pm Eastern Ambulatory Adaptive
  • Wednesday, 7-8pm Eastern Ambulatory Adaptive
  • Thursday,  12-1pm Eastern Adaptive Class
• ​Breath with Us series from the Fitness Inclusion Network
  • ​​​Breath With Us #1
    Breath With Us #2
    Breath With Us #3
    Breath With Us #4
    Breath With Us #5

Looking for more ways to stay active?

Follow ASF Today, an online/social media video series presented by our friends at the Adaptive Sports Foundation (NY) with a variety of information, activities and tips to keep ourselves calm, physically fit, informed, healthy and entertained.

​Check out Move United's calendar of upcoming virtual events to help you stay safe, connected and physically active.  Let's #adaptathome together!  The calendar is updated regularly and includes live and on-demand programs presented by Move United chapters across the country.

Meet the Coach

Meet the Coach #1 with Olympic Rower Andrea Thies

Our Programs

The EDD Memorial Fund offers adaptive sports programs throughout the year to children and adults with developmental and physical disabilities. Our free basketball, baseball, biking, kayaking, soccer, swimming, pickleball, rowing and yoga are currently available in 5 locations in Central New York and Vermont. Our programs are appropriate for school-age children and older; no one ages out of the program.  We partner with local colleges and community members to lead our skill clinics, as well as with Otsego Area Rowing in Cooperstown, NY to offer adaptive rowing, the Adaptive Sports Foundation in Windham, NY to offer alpine race training and downhill skiing instruction and with Athelas Therapeutic Riding in Otego, NY to provide horseback riding lessons.  Our current locations are Oneonta, Delhi, and Cooperstown, NY; and the greater Burlington area and Castleton, VT.  Our program partners include Castleton University, Hartwick College, SUNY Delhi, SUNY Morrisville, Saint Michael’s College and the Oneonta Outlaws, a summer collegiate baseball team. 

“Everyone involved centered their attention on helping the children achieve success and confidence.” - parent

Our goal is to teach sports in a fun environment and to inspire participants to want to play sports. We believe that everyone can learn to play by adapting activities to their ability level. Exceptional volunteers are the key to a great program and we try to keep a 1:1 volunteer-to-participant ratio. Our volunteers provide encouragement and work closely with the participants on basic skills like dribbling, shooting baskets or volleying a tennis ball over the net.

"Everyone was super as usual. We always look forward to these clinics."- parent