The Omani Paralympic Committee has organized an online sports video seminar to discuss ways to develop football for the blind with Arab participation, with the aim of identifying new developments and innovative solutions to develop football for the blind.

The event was attended by a number of professionals and those interested in football for the blind from the Sultanate, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar.

The seminar included many topics, including a review of the history of football for the blind, the beginning of the game’s launch in the Sultanate, the mechanisms for its dissemination and development, and the importance of introducing modern games for people with disabilities.

The online seminar also touched on the experience of the Omani Paralympic Committee in cooperation and partnership with the private sector, as the Sultanate is one of the first countries to introduce the football team for the blind in the Arabian Gulf.

The seminar discussed the appropriate training mechanisms that were developed in the Sultanate and intended for the blind, in addition to reviewing the most important basic skills of the game and the foundations of its training by watching a detailed visual presentation on modern exercises.

The seminar also reviewed a number of successful international experiences in publishing the game, including the experience of Turkey in the field of giving young people who are blind the game skills and the gains achieved by training young people in preparing teams for the stages of life and organizing a general league for the game of football for the blind.

In addition, the seminar discussed a number of creative ideas and finding innovative solutions that enable institutions and bodies to provide an appropriate and stimulating environment for the blind to play sport, with the aim of developing and developing competencies and sports leaders in the field of football for the blind.ONA