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Goalball, which is an official Paralympic sport, is played indoors in a court 9 meters by
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Goalball, which is a sport in the Paralympics, is played in a gymnasium, with three members of each team on the court at a time.
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The older version was played with a ball that weighed two kilograms and was later called Goalball (the English translation of the German name Torball), whereas the newer one used a ball of 500 grams and kept the name Torball.
Fred's Head from APH 2009
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Spotlight on Bocchia, Goalball and Sitting volleyball Rope and glory: extreme skipping set for Olympics Skipping could make the journey from school playground to the Olympics as an exciting variation of the game takes Britain by storm.
Evening Standard - Home Matthew Beard 2011
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Blind and visually impaired students from around the state come to the Oregon School for the Deaf to learn Goalball, a team sport for the visually impaired.
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Oregon School for the Blind had a state Goalball team for almost 20 years and regularly organized Goalball activities.
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Henry said blind and visually impaired youths often don't get opportunities to learn a sport like Goalball, because school districts aren't equipped or know how to teach the game.
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Goalball athletes must rely on their hearing and spatial awareness to block shots.
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Mazhary said her daughters were excited to hear they could participate in a Goalball clinic; they were worried about what would happen to Goalball activities once Oregon School for the Blind closed.
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Goalball center Melonie Boyd, 12, of Hamilton Creek School in Lebanon, lobbed the ball in a sidearm roll, streaks of her dyed pink hair peeking out underneath her goggle strap.
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