[nabs-l] Starting a collegiate goalball league.

[Kaiti Shelton]

We don't have that, but the class of 2016 has a facebook group.
Putting something up on there might be a comparable shott.  I thought
marketing to the physical therapy students might be a good idea as
well.  If anyone has more ideas feel free to shoot them at me, I'm
open to anything.

On 7/31/13, Anna Givens <annajee82 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Indeed it does!!  So I am thinking that talking to sighted people that you
> know, your friends is a good idea first.  And at my university there are
> email lists that you can send out to specific groups of people, so if you
> have something like that, you could send out inquiries to ask around and see
> how people feel about it at your school.  Hmm... Not sure how helpful it is,
> but thats all I got at this moment.
>
> Anna E Givens
>
> On Jul 31, 2013, at 10:01 AM, christopher nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> 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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Kaiti