PEOPLE suffering from cancer and heart conditions have been signing up for walking basketball games at Frankston Basketball Stadium.
The walking basketball program is growing, with 14 participants now registered.
Brian started playing the game this year. He is suffering from stage 4 cancer and is undertaking chemotherapy, but says the weekly games are helping his health battle.
“It’s a selfish thing really. For my own sake, I need to raise my fitness as much as I can. And stuff like this really helps,” Brian said. “If I can get to a stage where I get exhausted, then a fraction more, have a rest, and then get back into it again, I can feel my fitness raising slowly. It’s funny the more I do that, the more the legions on my liver are fading. If I keep this up I might survive.”
Participant Trudy, who has a heart condition, said playing the sport “felt really great”.
“It makes me feel better. Also meeting people rather than just sitting around at home,” she said. “It’s hard normally, they say go outside for some exercise with a walk, but it’s hard to go out by yourself all the time.”
The program’s lead coach is ex-SEABL player Wally Grivens.
Walking Basketball is run on Thursday mornings at 11:00 am at Frankston Basketball Stadium. For more information call FDBA on 9776 8999.