BLIND SPORTS

Goalball is an intense game which is Played on a court 18 metres
by 9 metres. A large audible ball is bowled between opposing teams of three players.

Goalball is a team sport for the vision impaired and is played in over one hundred countries around the world.

Goalball is played at the Paralympic Games every four years. There are tournaments held nationally every year and Victoria has a rapidly expanding local competition that gives people with a vision impairment the opportunity to play sport and socialise with other people in a friendly
environment.

Goalball is an indoor sport where two teams of three players try to throw an audible ball in to the opposing team's goal whilst trying to prevent the other team from doing the same.

All Players on court are blindfolded. Games are played over two, ten minute halves. The winner is the team that scores the most goals at the end of the game.

All players, sighted and visually impaired, must wear a blindfold. National and
international competitions are held and these culminate in word titles and
finally the Olympic Games. Competitions for men and women are played at Ballarat, Hawthorn, Brunswick and Lilydale.

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