[SportsandRec] audible soccer balls and soccer

[Sanho Steele-Louchart]

Ashley,

Competitive soccer isn't too fast to accommodate. I've played and
taught kids and adults to play insofar as tracking the ball, kicking
the ball, tracking, identifying, and passing to teammates, and keeping
track of where the goals are/which goal is which. There are two types
of balls that are useful for this, bells that ring and bells that
beep. Beeping balls have better weight because they don't have bells
and are easier to track because the sound is less round. For
non-competitive games, my preference is actually to just tie a couple
of plastic grocery bags around the ball and tuck the handles inside
the plastic.

When teammates go past, have them say their name. Not your name. That
way you know who's who and can decide whether to pass.

For goals, put a sound-source playing a specific sound or a specific
type of music behind each goal. Pop music behind one goal, classical
behind the other. That kind of thing.

Pool noodles or nylon ropes can mark the relevant lines.

All visuals can be called out vocally.

Let me know if you have any other questions. Soccer was probably my
favorite sport to accommodate for people.

Warmth,
Sanho


On 1/24/23, Ashley Bramlett via SportsandRec <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Anyone played soccer for recreation? I know playing on a team for
> competition would be too fast.
>
> Where can you get an audible ball? If you have played informally with
> friends, what adaptations did you use?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ashley
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