Goalball is unique to the Paralympics. And it’s a sport in which blind people have an advantage over sighted people.

“A lot of people call it ‘the coolest sport you’ve never heard of,’” said Tre’Shaun Faison, 21, of Orange Park, Fla., who is a player on the U.S. men’s team.(The U.S. women’s team ...

Goalball originated in 1946 as a way to rehabilitate blind World War II veterans, ... (B1-B3 classes)," as Olympics.com states - and wear eyeshades, so that regardless of the type of visual ...

Everyone on the team must wear this piece of gear, and for good reason: While all goalball athletes are visually impaired, their levels of impairment are different. So to even out the playing ...

Goalball is unique to Paralympic sports ... but must wear opaque eyeshades at all times and stay on their hands and knees while defending. They take turns throwing the ball, ...

PARIS — Something changes when U.S. Paralympian Tyler Merren puts on his eyeshades. Merren, a 20-year member of the American Paralympic goalball squad, is blind. He walks with a cane and reads ...

Since players must hear the ball on the court, spectators are asked to keep silent, as in tennis or golf. After decades of growth, when goalball found its way to schools and camps for the blind ...

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A new, state-of-the-art gym was dedicated at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center on Monday, May 5, providing a permanent home for the sport of goalball. Debuting ...

After the U.S. women’s goalball team did not qualify for the 2024 Paralympics for the first time in 40 years, Eliana Mason has managed her disappointment and shifted her focus to support her ...

Goalball is unique to Paralympic sports ... but must wear opaque eyeshades at all times and stay on their hands and knees while defending. They take turns throwing the ball, ...

Goalball is unique to Paralympic sports – a fast, skillful game without an Olympic counterpart in which visually impaired players seek to score by throwing balls into a goal defended by the ...

Goalball is unique to Paralympic sports ... but must wear opaque eyeshades at all times and stay on their hands and knees while defending. They take turns throwing the ball, ...