Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Football 5-a-side, also known as blind football and blind futsal, is an adaptation of football for athletes with visual impairments including blindness. The sport, governed by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA), is played with modified FIFA rules.
5-a-side football, also known as blind futsal and blind football, is an adaptation of football for athletes with visual impairments including blindness. The sport, governed by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA), is played with modified FIFA rules. The field of play is smaller, and is surrounded by boards.
The rules. Each team is made up of five players: four outfield players and a goalkeeper. ... In order to play blind football at the Paralympics, athletes must be classified as B1. ‘B’ stands ...
Football 5-a-side is an adaptation of football for athletes with visual impairments including blindness. The sport, governed by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA), is played with modified FIFA rules.
Blind football and goalball are for athletes with visual impairments. When sensory input is reduced in one area, other senses pick up the slack; without sight, sound takes center stage.
IBSA goalball rules require the field of play to be 18 metres (59 ft) long by 9 metres (30 ft) wide. [4] Goals span the width of the pitch. [5] The court is divided into six even sections, 3 by 9 metres (9.8 by 29.5 ft). At either end, just in front of the goal, is the team area. Beyond that is each team's landing zone.
B3 is a medical based Paralympic classification for blind sport. Competitors in this classification have partial sight, with visual acuity from 2/60 to 6/60. It is used by a number of blind sports including para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, blind cricket, blind golf, five-a-side football, goalball and judo.
Elite U.S. Paralympians are teaching fellow blind athletes the beautiful game can be accessible while pushing to win medals in a sport dominated by Brazil.