The object is to roll the ball into the opponent's goal while the opposing players try to block the ball with their body. Bells inside the ball help to orient the players indicating the direction of the on-coming ball. Therefore, while play is in progress, complete silence is required in the venue to allow the players to concentrate and react instantly to the ball. Goalball is played by male and female athletes with blindness/visual impairment and athletes wear ‘blackout’ masks on the playing court, which allows persons with varying degrees of vision to participate together.
o Wheelchair Ice Hockey
o Wheelchair Tennis
o Wheelchair Basketball
o Wheelchair Baseball
o Baseball for the visually Impaired
Those are all of the sports we played in our packed two days in the city of Milwaukee. We are lodged in a small hut in Holler Park where we are right by a pond (and mosquitoes). Apparently, we’re not too far off from the airport (I saw an airbus A-380 as we drove in). Kathy organized both days so that we were busy down to the half hour. We spent a lot of time with our friends at the Spina Bifida association.
On the first day after biking in the morning, we arrived in a facility where we played goalball, baseball, basketball, and tennis. We were there for a few hours and walked around in groups trying all of these activities. We left at 5, exhausted, but ready to visit the city! After an early wake up on the second day, we went to visit the facilities of Independence First and then went for a visit/lunch at the elementary school where we did a KOB (Kids On the Block). Afterwards, we went for an afternoon of wheelchair Ice Hockey at the US Olympic Training facility in downtown Milwaukee.
I also got to see the Lake Michigan beachfront at night. Quite a good experience.
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