TSB Goalball
Goalball is a team sport designed for blind athletes. It was devised by an Austrian, Hanz Lorenzen, and a German, Sepp Reindle, in 1946 in an effort to help in the rehabilitation of visually impaired World War II veterans. The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA - www.ibsa.es), responsible for fifteen sports for the blind and partially sighted in total, is the governing body for this sport.
The sport evolved into a competitive game over the next few decades and was a demonstration event at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto. The sport's first championship was held in 1978 and goalball became a full part of the Paralympics from the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem onwards.
Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded in it, into the opponents' goal. They must use the sound of the bell to judge the position and movement of the ball. Games consist of two 10 minute halves. Blindfolds allow partially sighted and sighted players to compete on an equal footing with blind players.
Goalball was adopted as a competitive sport by TSB in 2005. Both women and men's teams are coached by Bill Schenk and volunteer coach C. G. Moore. TSB has competed in dual meets against Ohio and Missouri, and in 2007, the team competed in Saint Augustine, Florida at the Junior Nationals. The team has also done several demonstrations at the FedEx Forum, home of the Memphis Grizzlies, in conjunction with the Clovernook Center.
NCASVH began playing goalball as a conference sport in 2005.
Conference Results
Host School Place
2005 - Missouri School for the Blind Men – 3rd Place
Women – 5th Place
2006 – Missouri School for the Blind Men – 6th Place
Women – 3rd Place
2007 – Tennessee School for the Blind Men – 4th Place
Women – 8th Place