Paralympic Sport A-Z: Goalball
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- Опубликовано: 7 май 2016
- Goalball is played exclusively by athletes who are blind or visually impaired. It was invented in 1946 to help rehabilitate veterans who had lost their sight during the Second World War. Hans Lorenzen of Austria and Sepp Reindle of Germany are credited with inventing the game.
Players must wear opaque eyeshades at all times ensuring fair competition. All international athletes must be legally blind, meaning they have less than 10 per cent vision, and are classified as a B3, a B2, or a B1 - totally blind.
Teams are made up of six players, with three members playing at any one time. The three positions are centre, right wing, and left wing.
The object of the game is to throw a ball using a bowling motion past the opponents and into their net to score points. This can be achieved by bouncing, curving, and spinning the shots around the opponents. Players stay on their hands and knees to defend their net and score against their opponents.
A goalball court is the same size as a volleyball court, measuring 18 metres long and nine metres wide. It has goals at each end covering the entire nine-metre back-line. String is taped to the markings on the court to allow players to feel the lines and orientate themselves.
The ball weighs 1.25 kilograms, is approximately 76 centimetres along its circumference and contains bells to allow players to hear it and track its movements.
Only players and referees may talk or make noise during play. Coaches, teammates on the bench and spectators must remain silent so players can hear and locate the ball. Officials use verbal commands to inform players of what is happening during the game.
Goalball requires two referees during each game. Four goal-judges remain at the corners of the court to verify if the ball touches crosses the line into goals. They also retrieve the ball when it goes out of bounds.
When a member of the defensive team touches the ball, they have 10 seconds to throw it back without being penalised. Penalties normally result in a penalty shot, during which the penalised player has to defend the entire nine-metre net alone.
Along with the 10-second violation, penalties are also awarded for high ball, long ball, excessive noise, delaying the game and touching one’s eyeshades.
A “high ball” occurs when a team throws the ball and it fails to land before or on the first high ball line. There are two high-ball lines which are six metres from each goal line, dividing the court into thirds. The ball must land before or on the first high-ball line, and then again on or before the second high-ball line. If it does not touch the ground again on or before the second high-ball line, it is considered a “long ball.”
Goalball was a demonstration sport at the Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games. In 1976, it made its official Paralympic debut when eight international men’s goalball teams competed for medals at the Paralympics in Toronto, Canada.
The sport has been part of every Paralympic Games since. Women’s goalball made its Paralympic debut at the 1984 Paralympic Games in New York.
The first World Championships for goalball were held in Vocklamarck, Austria, in 1978. The International Blind Sport Federation (IBSA) governs goalball and holds World Championships every four years, in between the Paralympic Games. 
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My biggest fear in life...losing my sight. Incredible respect to these athletes to overcome their disability of impaired sight. I cannot even imagine. I have no idea how you do it.
It definitely isn’t easy.
Take it from someone who is visually impaired and has been that way for 19 years.
Technically not a full 19 because I lost my side at two years old, but that’s how it feels.
Funny though, your biggest fear is losing your sight, my biggest fear would be regaining my sight.
When being visually impaired is all you know, it becomes difficult to imagine not being that way anymore.
Plus it introduced me to all these types of sports that I never would’ve known about otherwise, so that’s another cool thing.
Same
I started losing my vision when I turned 18 years old and was officially announced as legally blind back in 2020 at the start of the pandemic. Though, honestly, my eyesight had never been very good to begin with. I was myoptic (near-sighted) and had worn glasses for as long as I could remember...meaning I was already visually impaired to begin with. It could just still be corrected back then with the help of glasses, contacts, or surgery. That's no longer an option for me, now. Anyways, when I first began to lose my vision it was devastating to me as I was a hobby artist, wrote fanfiction, loved to read, and was a very big arts and crafts person...and as I lost vision the ways in which I partook in those hobbies previously no longer worked for me. I had a period of time in which I was grieving the loss of my eyesight - which is perfectly natural, of course. But you don't really get a choice in some things in life and this was one of those times for me. All you can do is keep going and to slowly figure out ways to continue with what you love or to find new things to enjoy. Now I honestly can't even imagine what it would be like to have my vision again and the thought of it returning is actually just as terrifying as the thought of losing it had been for me in the beginning.
Honestly, there's not much to it. You just continue on with your life and adapt little by little until it becomes your new norm. To me it's comparable to changing your schedule or moving into a new house, in a way. You get used to it.
I just discovered this sport because it was on tv tonight during the Paralympics. It looks very competitive. I would have a hard time adjusting without my sight and relying on sound awareness.
Nothing but respect for these athletes!
This is by far the most badass sport I’ve seen. Rely only on sound. That’s some serious ninja skills.
The mayor of my town is famous for helping people with disabilities, and he is especially supportive of such people's participation in sports and games!
Watching this actually makes me tear up because I take my eyesight for granted.
I watching this during my trivia night and I found this interesting. I didn't know that a sport like this existed and that it is great that they found a sport that would accommodate the visual impaired.
there is a disability sports booth in my school and i played this game. damn! it was hard . when your blindfolded and the ball hits you, IT IS PAINFUL. like you don’t know it’s coming. we were sitting though because it was outdoor so the floor was rough . this game was interestingly interesting
I'm legally blind and my partner just sent me this video because he was curious if there were any sports for visually impaired folks, lolol. This definitely seems interesting and like it would be a bit nerve wrecking! Certainly something that would get the adrenaline going.
Thanks for a great instructional vid!!
This, is, phenomenal!!! 😃
Can't wait to play for Perkins this years. Absolutely one of my favorite sports.
InstaBlaster.
Waves finnisn flag... realizes they are blind and can't see his support... slowly puts down flags.. continues cheering.
That group was into the sport fs.
But they have a coach who can tell them that they are cheering them on.🎉
So cool! Thanks for sharing this.
yooooo this game is so badasssss!!
I remember doing goalball for the Junior Blind Olympics when i was in jr high. I kinda sucked, but i got to go to California and some theme parks so that was fun
Absolutely incredible...why the hell nbc isn't posting videos of these from Olympics
I'm visually impaired and playing this sport at school.
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Thanx😍
I I play Global it's very fun to play I play for the Nova Scotia Junior's team
Really interesting sport...
That is a nice promo!! :D
May there never be a modification that allows the crowd to be loud without distraction to the players, and may the one who tries to propose such a thing become blind themselves!
Im blind and this game saved my life.
Very very cool
I'm not blind but I actually really want to play this. It seems fun. Just make me wear blindfold or something, I can pretend to be blind for like an hour :D
You can join a practice squad but to play in a tournament u have to be visually impaired.
TBH I'm VI but still have most of my vision. I've played on state (Australian) level - so for sure you don't need to be legally blind to play!
@@cora-illus hiii i am VI too
I started watching goalball in this Paralympics and want to give it a try but don't know if my city has it
I envy your skill
Really interesting sport
Assistidos!
Interesting game
just found this! Goalball is fucking electric no joke!
Are they allowed to throw it? Or are their a certain amount of bounces it can have?
Candi Soda
No the players throw it and you don’t really know where it’s going it makes it more tense.
It has to be thrown underhand and bounce at least once before it crosses to the other team's side.
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Boa tarde Família :)
Boa
observation haki will be acquired in this game
Looks hard
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Im a player of that sport but wait until you see oir main player she can defend the goal while standing
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Summit sent me
Lee sin might have been here before
I’m excited for the unappendage person triathlon in 2024.
Look like a fun game to play when you are drunk.
hutch and summit1g brought me here
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Can non-blind people play goalball?
The rules would have to be changed significantly, otherwise most matches would have a score of 0-0 (maybe at max there'd be 1 or 2 goals)
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is a very loud fart a penalty though?
No.
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