[nabs-l] Starting a collegiate goalball league.

[christopher nusbaum]

USABA is the United States Association of Blind Athletes, a national
organization which promotes participation in sports-related activities
by blind people. Their Web site is www.usaba.org if you would like
more information. Goalball is a competitive sport in which the object
is to make goals by throwing the ball to the other team's side of the
court. Two teams with three players each (left wing, center, and right
wing) are across from each other on a court which is specially set up
with raised lines designating the positions on the court. All players
wear sleepshades for the duration of the game, and the ball has a bell
in it so that players may hear where it is. When a player has the
ball, he/she can either pass it to one of his/her teammates or try to
make a goal by throwing the ball across the court. If the ball gets to
the other team's side before a defensive player can block it, the team
that threw the ball gets a goal. I hope this answers your questions.

Chris Nusbaum

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On Jul 31, 2013, at 12:44 AM, Anna Givens <annajee82 at gmail.com> wrote:

> What is USABA?  And can u explain what goal ball is exactly?  Then I will try to think of ideas.
>
> Anna E Givens
>
> On Jul 30, 2013, at 4:21 PM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Last week I met a guy who is in my state's division of USABA, and as
>> we were talking I told him I went to school in a city which has two
>> pretty big colleges.  The city south and the city north of there both
>> have goalball teams and leagues, but that city does not.  We discussed
>> setting up an inter-collegiate league since the state college has a
>> fair amount of blind students, and we'd try to get sighted students to
>> fill in since I'm one of two blind students in my university.  I have
>> a few questions and would appreciate any feedback or advice on them.
>> I know there are some colleges like one in Oregon that have goalball
>> leagues, and am wondering if anyone one the list is, has, or knows
>> someone I could talk to from there about starting up; what are some
>> strategies for marketing goalball to sighted students who have never
>> heard of it before and might be reluctant to forfeit their eyes for a
>> little while; and if you know a sighted person who plays, what drew
>> them in and got them interested in the game?  The plan is to open the
>> league to general community members if needed, but we like the college
>> format and would like to try that first.  Again, any advice or
>> suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Kaiti
>>
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