Goalball Practice Schedule
for 2023
Goalball
practices in Salt Lake have been expanded. These practices are for
visually impaired and blind students of all ages plus adults. Practices
will be held at the Copperview Recreation Center, 8446 South Harrison Street (300 W), Midvale,
UT 84047.
Dates: Saturdays January 14
January 28
February 4
February 11
February 25
March 4
March 11
March 25
April 1
April 22
Times:
1st -- 6th Grades: 1:15 to 2:15 PM
7th -- 12th Grades: 2:15 to 3:30 PM
Adults: 3:00 to 4:00 PM (or 5:00)
For additional information contact Jalayne Engberg.
There is no cost for participation except that we ask each
participant to have their own eye shades. We have many new and
used eye shades for sale beginning at $5 each. They can be
purchased when you come to practice.
State Tournament for children and youth:
Friday May
6th
Goalball is a great sport for blind and visually impaired persons
and is played throughout the world. There are many physical,
social, and emotional benefits for players participating. We will
be working with people of all skill levels so come try it even if
you don't know what goalball is.
For additional information contact Jalayne Engberg.
Hosted
by the Utah Foundation for the Blind
and
Visually Impaired (UFB)
Goalball is the most
popular team sport for the blind and visually impaired. It is fun,
exciting, and competitive. Over the last 20 plus years the Utah
Foundation for the Blind has had hundreds of players enjoy the many
benefits of participating in goalball. Like basketball, soccer, and
other sports for the sighted, goalball provides many benefits for blind
and visually impaired participants physically, emotionally and socially.
It helps improve physical fitness, motor skills, coordination,
strength, self-confidence, social skills, peer interactions, character
development, and much more. It also helps reduce stress, tension, and
anxiety. Many students and parents have given feedback about how
goalball has literally been a life changer and how it has helped their
school performance and helped prepare them for college and careers.
UFB has some of the
best coaches in the country who work with those who have never played
before as well as very experienced and skilled players. All you have to
do is show up at any of the practices and we will take care of the rest.
Our goalball season begins in January
with practices throughout the state. This is followed by a one day,
state-wide tournament for children and youth. Players look forward to
this tournament all year. Following the state tournament the top youth
players are selected for the Utah boys and girls teams. These players
continue training in preparation to compete against teams from other
states and represent Utah at the US National Youth Goalball
Championships. We have a similar program for adult players. Over the
last 20 years UFB’s teams have won nine national championship titles and
many of our players have earned individual honors.
Don’t miss out! Come have a great time playing goalball.
The UFB Braille Magazine is now available online via downloadable files beginning with the 2012 issues. All previous issues will be available within the next few months. Two versions of each issue are available; the regular (grade two contracted) braille (dxb) file and the non-translated (dxp) file that can be used for translation into grade one braille or for making a print copy.
These files may differ from the originally published UFB Braille Magazine in any of the following ways.
The UFB Braille Magazine is intended to assist students in their learning and mastering of reading braille. Teachers may emboss and use issues of the magazine in any way they feel will help students learn braille and improve their braille reading fluency, speed, and comprehension. Some popular learning activities that teachers have used the UFB Braille Magazine for include independent home reading, group or individual oral reading, repetitive reading, and assigned home reading to family members.
Our objective with the UFB Braille Magazine is to provide high interest reading material for students that they enjoy and look forward to reading, and that they can generally read in a short amount of time. As new issues are periodically produced we invite your feedback, suggestions, and especially items you feel would be of interest to students that can be included in the magazine.
The Utah Foundation for the Blind and Visually Impaired
