Essay On Murderball

Murderball is a documentary following the lives of the United States Paralympic quad rugby team. Quad rugby is a full-contact sport and the main strategy of the game is to run into your opponent’s chair as hard as you possibly can in order to knock over the opponent's chair. The chairs are reinforced with metal plates in order to with stand the hammering. These chairs are designed in a way that allows the players to run into anything as hard as they want and not get injured. A great part of the documentary revolves around Team USA, and former Team USA all-star Joe Soares, who was humiliated when he was cut from the team due to old age impeding on his skill. Out of revenge, Joe becomes coach of Team Canada in hopes of stopping the United States from dominating the court like they have been for the last ten years. This major rivalry between Team USA and Team Canada is shown all though out the film as the two teams fight for the gold medal at the Olympics games in Athens. All of the players push themselves each and every day to improve and be in the best shape they can be. The player’s tenacity is shown in every aspect of this documentary, which only leads Team USA to success. However, Murderball is not just about driven athletes who to win a gold medal. This documentary is so much more, Murderball is about the prevalent inequalities that
One of the biggest misconceptions is people who are paraplegic are fragile and cannot play contact sports. However, viewers will be shocked to see that theses young men are chucking themselves at each other and smashing each other to pieces. But they love this sport because it’s fun, fast, and aggressive. Murderball also disproves that people with disabilities can not have a normal life. The film shows members of team picking women up at bars, driving cars, pulling pranks, providing for their families, and living a normal life just like you and