Find everything you need to participate in the Fall Sports Season, including important dates, registration information, upcoming competitions, and sport-specific resources. Explore featured sports, review the season calendar, and learn how athletes, coaches, volunteers, and Unified partners can get involved throughout the season.
Unified Sports is a program in which people with intellectual disabilities (athletes) and those without (partners) train and compete together on sports teams.
The Fall Sports Season is an opportunity for athletes to challenge themselves, build new skills, and pursue their goals alongside teammates, coaches, and supporters. Whether you are returning for another season or competing for the first time, each practice and competition creates opportunities to grow, connect, and celebrate what you can achieve.
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Golf
Like most golfers, Special Olympics athletes are driven by the opportunity to compete. Program planning is designed to develop individual golf skills that enhance performance, allowing the athlete to achieve success in playing the game.
The Special Olympics Golf program is centered on two educational phases designed to encompass all skill levels: learning to swing a golf club and learning to play the game. Athletes may participate in Skills, 9-hole stroke play or 18-hole stroke play.
Soccer
Soccer is considered the world’s most popular sport for children and adults around the world. Similarly, it is one of the most popular sports for Special Olympics athletes. Athletes are able to improve their overall physical fitness through training and competition.
In addition to offering traditional soccer, Special Olympics offers individual skills competition to allow athletes to train and compete in basic soccer skills. The development of these key skills is necessary prior to advancing to team competition.
Softball
Softball is an exciting team sport in Special Olympics. Athletes play slow-pitch, which involves two teams of 10 athletes each. Special Olympics offers individual skills competition to allow athletes to train and compete in basic softball skills. The development of these key skills is necessary prior to advancing to team competition. These skills include base running, fielding and throwing.
Tennis
Like mainstream tennis, Special Olympics Tennis gives athletes the opportunity to learn and perform a variety of skills that can be played throughout life. In addition to offering traditional singles and doubles events, Special Olympics offers individual skills competition to allow athletes to train and compete in basic tennis skills. The development of these key skills is necessary prior to advancing to match play.
Volleyball
Athletes participating in Special Olympics Volleyball benefit from the camaraderie that comes from competing in a team sport, as well as the training that enables them to successfully serve and return a volleyball.
Special Olympics also offers individual skills competition to allow athletes to train and compete in basic volleyball skills.