Goalball

Goalball (盲人門球) is a sport for the visually impaired in the Paralympic Games and an extremely popular for those with visual impairments in foreign countries. Its method of scoring is similar to that of soccer; however, there are a number of areas that are markedly different: each team is limited to three players; players rely on various sounds emitted from the ball to detect its direction and speed; boundary lines on the soccer field are designed to enable players to recognize them by touch.

Currently, Taipei City has only one Goalball club that trains visually impaired people to play the sport. Although Taiwan has a school specifically geared to train the sport and has even had international success in various competitions, the sport has yet to obtain any amount of sizeable popularity in the country. The current poor environment for learning Goalball is an illustration of Taiwan’s failure to provide accessible spaces or equipment. However, this kind of problem is not merely the fault of government departments, and requires the attention and understanding of society at large. 

Goalball
URL:https://www.peopo.org/news/225543

(以下是中文對照)
盲人門球

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盲人門球是一項在殘障奧運中的正式比賽項目，對國外視障朋友們來說盲人門球是一項興盛的運動，它的得分方式類似足球，但不同的是兩方上場人數只能各三個人，這項運動中因為要靠著聲音辨別球向與速度，在球體本身有獨特的改良，球場的界線也設計了能夠透過觸摸辨別的功能。目前在台北僅有台北市立啟明學校擁有培養視障朋友接觸盲人門球的社團，雖然台灣擁有專門訓練盲人門球的學校，也曾在國際比賽中拿下好成績，但這項運動卻仍然一直無法在台灣獲得廣泛推廣，更在環境上有許多限制，顯示出台灣對於無障礙空間與相關設施的缺乏。這樣的問題不只需要有關單位的推廣，更需要社會大眾一同去關注與了解。