Story: Disability sport

Goalball

Goalball

Goalball is a game of hand and ear coordination, developed in the 1940s to help rehabilitate blinded soldiers. The game involves a ball with a bell inside it. Two teams of six players defend their own goal and try to score against their opponents. As some players may be partially sighted, all are blindfolded.

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Ian McDonald, 'Disability sport - Disability and para sports', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/38021/goalball (accessed 27 April 2024)

Story by Ian McDonald, published 5 Sep 2013, updated 1 Feb 2022 with assistance from Catriona McBean