Seventeen-year-old daughter Lillian and 15-year-old sibling Aaliyah won't be too far from his thoughts when the Australian Steelers wheelchair rugby team open their Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games campaign against Denmark.

Their names will be scrawled across the boots which will sit just under his chair.

"I do weird things like have good luck shoes," Batt said.

"I'll write the girls' names on them and get them to write a motivational quote so when I'm in a game and the times are tough, I'll use those shoes as a reset button.

"It makes you think of home and who you're doing it for. It has really helped me over the years especially in those high-level games when you feel nervous and you need that extra lift, you touch those shoes."

Family has managed to keep the Port Macquarie product grounded over the years. And he wouldn't have it any other way.

"My family does a really good job at treating me like a normal person and that's who I believe I am," he said.

"I just get to play sport for Australia and I'm lucky to do so. They don't ever brag about it or boast about it too much and I like that."

Batt's daughters and wife Crystal had booked their accommodation and flights before the COVID-19 pandemic put an end to any spectators attending matches.

It would have been his daughters' first Games experience while his wife has only been once before - at London in 2012.

"Tokyo was always on the radar, all paid for, all booked, a big holiday for them," he said.

"We'd bought new passports and because they can't go as spectators, it really hurt when I realised I wouldn't able to have them there."

While sport is rarely spoken about in the Batt household, their normal way of living had provided him with a way to compartmentalise.

Lily said her champion father was simply "dad" although she couldn't help but be proud.

"I don't really look at him as 'Ryley the Paralympian'. He's just dad because he's been playing the sport as long as I've known him, so that's normal to me," she said.

"I couldn't be prouder. But it's been a bit weird having him home heaps in the last year because we're so used to him being away in camps, but having him home has been heaps good. We've made it work."

Younger sister Aaliyah has already made arrangements for where she will be watching the Steelers' games.

And if they're in the daytime, it won't be from the school classroom.

"A few of the games are in the middle of the day so I'll take the day off and watch them at home," she said.

"It's quite amazing he's the Australian captain. I don't get sick of saying it; it's second nature now."

The Steelers start their quest for a three-peat of Paralympic gold medals on August 25 at 3pm AEST.

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