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Meaning of "goalball" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF GOALBALL

ˈɡəʊlˌbɔːl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOALBALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Goalball is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GOALBALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Goalball

Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for blind athletes, originally devised in 1946 by the Austrian Hanz Lorenzen and German Sepp Reindle as a means of assisting the rehabilitation of visually impaired World War II veterans. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded in it into the opponents' goal. Teams alternate throwing or rolling the ball from one end of the playing area to the other, and players remain in the area of their own goal in both defence and attack. Players must use the sound of the bell to judge the position and movement of the ball. Games consist of two 12-minute halves. Eyeshades allow partially sighted players to compete on an equal footing with blind players. Eyepatches may be worn under eyeshades to ensure complete coverage of the eye, and prevent any vision should the eyeshades become dislodged. Goalball gradually evolved into a competitive game during the 1950s and 1960s, and was eventually nominated as a demonstration sport at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto. The sport's first world championship was held in Austria in 1978.

Definition of goalball in the English dictionary

The definition of goalball in the dictionary is a game played by two teams who compete to score goals by throwing a ball that emits audible sound when in motion. Players, who may be blind or sighted, are blindfolded during play. Other definition of goalball is the ball used in this game.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOALBALL

baseball · basketball · cannonball · coalball · eyeball · fireball · football · handball · heelball · knuckleball · meatball · netball · oddball · paddleball · pinball · snowball · softball · stoolball · trackball · volleyball

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOALBALL

goal · goal area · goal average · goal crease · goal difference · goal kick · goal line · goal scorer · goalie · goalkeeper · goalkeeping · goalkicker · goalkicking · goalless · goalmouth · goalpost · goaltender · goaltending · goalward · goalwards

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOALBALL

American football · association football · ball · crystal ball · cue ball · eyeball to eyeball · eyeball-to-eyeball · fantasy football · five-a-side football · golf ball · gumball · hardball · league football · no-ball · on the ball · play-the-ball · racquetball · Swiss ball · tennis ball · wrecking ball

Synonyms and antonyms of goalball in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «goalball» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF GOALBALL

Find out the translation of goalball to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of goalball from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «goalball» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

盲人门球
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

goalball
570 millions of speakers
en

English

goalball
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

Goalball
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كرة الهدف للمكفوفين
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Голбол
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

goalball
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

গোলবল
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

goalball
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Gol gol
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Goalball
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

goalball
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

골볼
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Goalball
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

goalball
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கோல்பால்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ध्येय गोल
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Goalball
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

goalball
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Goalball
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

голбол
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Goalball
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Γκόλμπολ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goalball
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Goalball
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

goalball
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of goalball

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOALBALL»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of goalball
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «goalball».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about goalball

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOALBALL»

Discover the use of goalball in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to goalball and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Teaching Disability Sport: A Guide for Physical Educators
The sport ofgoalball is governed by the United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA), which adopted the rules of goalball from its international counterpart, the International Blind Sports Association (IBSA). The USABA was founded in ...
Ronald W. Davis, 2011
2
Physical Education and Sports for People with Visual ...
GOALBALL Tyler Merren Tyler Merren was recently referred to as “the Michael Jordan of U.S. goalball” by fellow players, an apt comparison. He plays every position, is a superb defensive player, and throws a rocket-like serve on offense. Also ...
Lauren J. Lieberman, Paul E. Ponchillia, Susan Kay Vlahas Ponchillia, 2012
3
Adapted Physical Education and Sport
Goalball, a sport invented almost 60 years ago in Europe, was created primarily for sport and rehabilitation for World War II veterans with visual impairments. The game was first introduced to world competition at the 1976 Paralympics in ...
Joseph P. Winnick, 2011
4
Blindness and Brain Plasticity in Navigation and Object ...
This book features chapters from cognitive and developmental psychologists, neurologists and neuroscientists, and rehabilitation specialists and educators. These groups do research in this area but generally do not collaborate.
John J. Rieser, Daniel H. Ashmead, Ford Ebner, 2012
5
Healthy and Sustainable Fundraising Activities: Mobilizing ...
Goalball fundraisers are generally organized to raise money for the United States Association for Blind Athletes. In the process, volunteers learn life skills by working with community members and planning, designing, and managing the ...
Anne Gibbone, Gregory Letter, Catherine Klein, 2012
6
Overbrook School for the Blind
GOALBALL. In this photograph, Overbrook students compete in a goalball match. Goalball is a highly competitive sport played three against three and indoors on a gymnasium floor, primarily by athletes who are blind or visually impaired.
Edith Willoughby, 2007
7
Physical Disabilities: The Ultimate Teen Guide
Goalball is my favorite sport because I've met some really cool people along the way, and goalball is never a boring, slow sport. There's always room to improve in goalball. When I'm standing ready to dive, after the people from the other end ...
Denise Thornton, 2007
8
Action For Social Justice In Education
It began with a game of Goalball. Goalball is a game for the blind participants at the Paralympics. You have to wear blindfolds, so that means everyone is in the same class. At the Mini-Games at Stoke Mandeville, they had the option of doing  ...
Griffiths, Morwenna, 2003
9
Blind Confidence: The Road to Personal Succes
Goalball. Will. Never. Be. the. Same. Again. I actually didn't see us as a very homogenous team, but we were all working toward the same goal and that helped making us a strong team. We supported each other and cheered when things went ...
Søren Holmgren, Henriette Bendix, 2012
10
Teaching Pupils with Visual Impairment: A Guide to Making ...
Goalball is a threeaside team ball game developed for people with visual impairment but can be played withsighted people as well. Goalball has three main features that distinguish it from games playedby sighted people:(i)the ball contains ...
Ruth Salisbury, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOALBALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term goalball is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bahrain begins preparations for GCC Beach Games
... 12 sports, namely football, volleyball, basketball, handball, swimming, equestrian, table tennis, karate, weightlifting, bowling and goalball. «Bahrain News Agency, Jul 15»
2
Belgium men finish sixth at IBSA European Goalball Championships
The Belgium men have finished their run at the Lithuania hosted IBSA European Goalball Championships with a sixth place finish after losing ... «ParaSport News, Jul 15»
3
A role model in the making for visually impaired
Faisal began training with the Qatar National Goalball Team at 13. Faisal's older brother, who also suffers from the same condition, currently ... «Gulf Times, Jul 15»
4
Games success for pupils
Radcliffe School won the years 10-11 goalball and year seven to nine kurling (a version of the game for any flat surface), as well as winning ... «Oldham Chronicle, Jul 15»
5
Six Current Student-Athletes Lead UM's Pan Am Games Contingent
Additionally, men's lacrosse athletic trainer Jeremy Marra will serve on the Team USA medical staff for goalball in the Parapan Games, which ... «MGoBlue, Jul 15»
6
Cambridge & Coleridge runner Rojimon Cherian wins four golds at …
And as a sporting all-rounder, Cherian plays goalball and will also be in action at the Cambridge Open visually impaired tennis tournament at ... «Cambridge News, Jul 15»
7
IBSA accepting submissions to help update goalball rules and …
The International Blind Sport Federation (IBSA) Goalball Subcommittee are encouraging members to participate in the updating of the ISBA ... «Insidethegames.biz, Jul 15»
8
Camp Abilities: summer camp for the visually impaired
Attendees from Camp Abilities play GoalBall inside the Maryland School for the Blind. Goalball is a Paralympic sport designed for the visually ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
9
Paralympics is the aim as goalball teenager Brittany gets called up …
Brittany Stead, who is a member of the Great Britain women's goalball squad and also plays for Kirklees. The 18-year-old's ambition is to ... «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Jun 15»
10
Her PE teacher discouraged her interest in sport - but Paralympic …
Originally devised as a rehabilitation programme for wounded Second World War veterans, goalball is now a popular Paralympic sport. «Leicester Mercury, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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