Indian Blind Sports Association

India Blind Sports Association is the largest body in India that promotes sports among the visually impaired section of society. Its objective is to p Read moreromote national level sports for the blind. The organisation is recognised by bodies like The Indian Olympics Association, International Blind Sports Federation(IBSF) and Paralympic Committee of India. It has been organising the National Sports Meet for the Blind every two years that invites and encourages many visually impaired athletes to participate. The sports that are held include races, long jump, javelin and discus throws, shot put, swimming along with indoor game event of chess. Due to its association with the International Blind Sports Federation it is enable to send contingents from India to participate in world level blind sports competitions. It adopts the international standards of the IBSF to train the athletes keeping international rules and regulations in mind thereby equipping them with the knowledge and capability to participate in world level games. It organises coaching camps for the blind athletes regularly. Experts and coaches guide the athletes in playing the sport of their choice. Here they are imparted the practices of scientific training, sports medicine, health and diet etc. Attempts are made to introduce other sports like football, judo, powerlifting, table tennis together with traditional sports like kabaddi through demonstrations and audio mediums. Seminars are conducted where experts discuss sports and the participants get to exchange their views and experiences. It is encouraging football in a big way to blind athletes by designing a special 5-a-side football. It was gifted these footballs by the Government of Brazil. The manufacturing of these footballs have hence been taken up to satisfy the growing demand due to visually impaired people taking interest in it.