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A Ball for All – a ball for blind kids
BLIND FOOTBALL CAMPAIGN helping to empower blind children’s dreams through sport and education by Renata Diurczak
In 2016 on the 20th of July somewhere in a small place on earth called Greece an idea was
born in a man’s mind: To create the world’s first mini football for blind children and find a way to donate it to children with visual impairment and schools all over the world. Since December 3rd, 2017 an International Campaign has launched “A Ball for All”. This year we have reached 100 countries around the world.
Blind football is a Paralympic sport. It has been
featured at the Paralympics since 2004 and is held every four years. The game is similar to the football that is played by sighted teams, although the speed is different. There are 5 players in one team, including the keeper, who
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demonstrate the set of many skills: commitment to their fitness, concentration which is the key and the ability to locate each other. Furthermore, they need to know how to run, stop and start again with or without the ball. Also, the ball is different. It contains loose ball-bearings
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