This video is about Goalball, a sport for athletes who are visually impaired. Watch and listen as NDVS/SB students explain how it is played and what makes it different from other sports.
I love Goalball, I play center and held the national champions, Florida, 1-0 at the half time and now I want to play nationally for Maryland. I graduated from the West Virginia School for the Blind
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I just learned of this sport today. To a veteran goalball player teaching a person with vision, I already can tell from the games I've watched that it is probably funny teaching us people with vision, because we are so reliant on our vision to do things everyday, we are not that good at all of our other senses. Sound and touch and feel. You are blind to us, but we are truely blind to you in this sport. Your other senses are so much better than ours. I love it!
I remember in high school as a student the SD School for the Blind I enjoyed playing though being partially deaf it was even more difficult to hear where the ball and yes its easy to get disoriented on the mat we used then but my sent year it went onto the hard floor.. its a fun game to play I would love to play again someday .. thanks for sharing.
I am embarrased. Thought this was a joke, now I see how meaningfull this game is. Glad I watch your video to understand it. God bless all those with vission impareness.
Hi, I hope you see my question. I know echolocation is a very rare talent, but let's assume a player has that ability. Would that be allowed during the game? Or are the players required to remain silent as well?
Thanks for your question. The players can be as quiet or as noisy as they want. It is often a competitive advantage to be as quiet as possible, but some teams make a lot of noise. It is not a foul or penalty unless it is potentially distracting to the other team. So, yes, players can make sounds, but echolocation would not necessarily be an advantage in this sport.
If you were going to comment an idea for allowing the audience to be noisy without disturbing the players, may there never be enough of your subs to make a half set!
If you mean like a single bounce completely across the courtThen the answer is no. not only would it be nearly impossible because the court is pretty long. But it’s also a penalty. The ball needs to be touching the ground pretty quickly after you throw it. There is a 10 foot range I believe, so if you throw it and it stays in the air for about 10 feet then it’s a penalty on your team
