Key Stage One's Blind Football experience
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The World Cup in South Africa is not the only World Cup taking place this year. We are to hold another football World Cup in our own country this year...The Blind Football World Cup.
In August 2010, Hereford will be the host of fifth Blind Football World Cup. As part of our 'They think it's all over' topic and to celebrate this tournament, the Key Stage One children took part in a Blind Football training session provided by the Blind Institute of Sport.
Blind football is played on a solid surface, generally indoors, with a football containing bearings so that it makes a noise when it moves. Each team consists of five players; outfield players are classified as B1, which means that some may have some light perception, although eye shields are worn during games to counter this; goalkeepers are sighted, but cannot leave their area. In blind football, there are no offside rules.
The children had the opportunity to wear eye shields to imitate the experience for the Blind footballers. They also had the experience of being a guide for a person who is partially sighted.
They practised dribbling with a football and sprinting whilst wearing the eye shields. This proved to be very difficult if the children didn't have a good close control and balance.
The session was a fantastic opportunity for children to experience what life is like for a partially sighted person.
To find out about the 2010 Blind Football World Cup click here
Comments
i liked that day because i know some facts about blind football
Posted by: Abigail O'Brien | July 6, 2010 7:49 PM
i loved that day because i new what how they feel.
Posted by: megan whatley | July 15, 2010 6:51 PM
I love football that much I'm finally Know how blind people should feel and they can still take part in sport even they are blind
Posted by: Kate Tserkezie | August 20, 2010 5:51 PM