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the PanAm games are coming here in a couple weeks. Still haven't bought tickets, but i DID just buy medal game tickets for the ParaPan game of -- (edited)

Posted by Andie Jun 23 '15, 10:17

"GoalBall." A game I didn't even know existed until this past weekend...

How it works:
All athletes wear eyeshades so that athletes of varying degrees of vision can compete together.

Two teams of three face off on an indoor court with tactile lines and goals at either end. The object is to score by rolling the ball through the opponent’s goal. Players attempt to block the shots using his/her body. The team with the most goals wins.

Because athletes must hear the ball and concentrate, spectators are silent during the game but free to cheer when a goal is scored.

The ball has bells inside it. and the court has tactile markings as well.

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"Colder! Colder! Ice Cold!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 10:18
The Pan Am games still exist? -- nm - eag Jun 23, 10:18 1
- apparently! -- nm - Andie Jun 23, 10:20

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the PanAm games are coming here in a couple weeks. Still haven't bought tickets, but i DID just buy medal game tickets for the ParaPan game of -- (edited)

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