Blind Football Program – Melbourne

Come and experience the sport of Blind Football in a supported environment with experienced coaches, all equipment provided!

The program is an Australia Blind Football Development Hub, which is open to all ages, genders, abilities and levels of vision loss and focused on building blind football skills in a fun and supportive environment. The hub is led by ABF National coaches.

Blind Football has been a Paralympic sport since the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.

It is played between two teams with four players who are blind, as well as one sighted or visually impaired goalkeeper. Additionally, each team has a guide behind the opponent’s goal to direct the players when they shoot.

The rules are similar to the FIFA Futsal game except there are five players per side, the field of play is smaller, all team members except the goalkeeper play with eyeshades, the ball makes a noise when it moves and there is no offside rule.

To register or find out more contact: Dave Connolly [email protected].

For more information about the sport visit: https://www.paralympic.org.au/sports/blind-football/