More than 60 vision-impaired junior athletes visited Penn State Behrend for the Envision Blind Sports summer camp. They played hockey, lacrosse and goalball, a game invented in 1946.
More than 60 vision-impaired children visited Penn State Behrend for the Envision Blind Sports summer camp. They were introduced to swimming, archery and lacrosse, among other sports.
The Envision Blind Sports summer camp at Penn State Behrend included an introduction to judo. The athletes learned how to throw an opponent and to block an attack.
The Envision Blind Sports summer camp is open to vision-impaired youth between the ages of 5 and 18. The athletes traveled from 10 states, including Colorado and Hawaii.
Participants in the Envision Blind Sports summer camp learn the fundamentals of a sport, including wrestling. "Then, when they're ready, they can push themselves to their limit," says Jillian Stringfellow, the camp director.
Coaches at the Envision Blind Sports summer camp modify equipment to enable blind athletes to compete. In lacrosse, for example, they use a ball embedded with a bell or whistle.