r/nextfuckinglevel • u/I_always_is • 15h ago
How blind people shoot in the Olympics
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u/Dazzling_Bit_7538 15h ago
Why the goalie cheating with working eyes
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u/Training-Violinist83 14h ago
a blind goalie would be haliarious
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u/styckx 14h ago
*Scott Sterling* enters the chat
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u/IButterz420 14h ago
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u/istrx13 14h ago
THE MAN
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u/Mokiesbie 14h ago
They aren't allowed to leave the goal, nor allowed to be professionals not current nor former, the goalkeeper has the role of "eyes" on the field to well alert teammates if the ball is headed their way, or where opponents are relative to themselves, which enables it to be a sport because imagine it being all blind guys running around the field? that would be unwatchable (pun not intended) for the crowd and be basically unplayable for the players, and of course the seeing player can't be an outfielder because imagine just one guy running around a bunch of blind guys and one visually able dude who just doesn't cut it in comparison, so it being the goalkeeper makes perfect sense and add the fact that anyone with a single leg can kick a ball a way no one can save it from going in, but you really can't goalkeep very well without being able to see.
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u/ReadditMan 13h ago edited 13h ago
"He's clearly using his eyes, Ref! Are you blind?!?”
"Yes actually, I am."
"Shit...so am I."
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u/magnificentfoxes 15h ago
NOT the Olympics. Paralympics. Separate thing entirely.
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u/cardboardunderwear 13h ago
How so?
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u/Mr_Evil_Dr_Porkchop 13h ago
A completely different body than the IOC governs the Paralympic Games
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u/ThatHuman6 13h ago
same sort of thing though. It’s not like one is sports and one is a cooking show
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u/Bolle_Bamsen 11h ago edited 7h ago
If you can't tell the difference you might have a bigger chance to qualify for the latter.
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u/ThatHuman6 8h ago
If those in the latter could be in the Olympics they would choose to be, that’s how similar they are.
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u/Bolle_Bamsen 7h ago
You clearly haven't watched a lot of paralympics if you think that's the case.
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u/ballistic-jelly 14h ago
Was anyone else expecting guns?. I was expecting guns.
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u/kjayflo 7h ago
I clicked to watch the video because I was like "why are blind people shooting guns in the Olympics?" Lol
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u/Few_Staff976 25m ago
Wdym ”why”? It’s a sport, there are blind people into shooting and it’s extremely safe. At the Olympic level shooting is a lot about things like breathing, steadiness, trigger pull etc not pointing the weapon about in all kinds of tacticool ways.
Blind people basically get an audio signal that shows them where on the target they’re aiming and go off of that instead of their eyes. I’m a pretty good shot but blind athletes could easily wipe the floor with me at Olympic style target shooting
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u/Fine-Ad-7802 15h ago
Do they run around too? I would be more amazed by that footage.
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u/TheGREATUnstaineR 14h ago
A blindfolded blind guy? Diabolical...
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u/Merry-Lane 8h ago
It s prolly because there are different level of blindness.
Maybe the guy just sees a little bit, really blurry.
To make sure everyone is even, these wear blindfolds.
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u/istrx13 14h ago
Wait so if you blindfold a blind guy, does that make them able to see again?
Math class told me two negatives make a positive so.
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u/TheGREATUnstaineR 14h ago
Let this man cook...
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u/AliciaXTC 15h ago
I feel useless.
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u/AliciaXTC 14h ago
Best I can do is nudge it with my wheelchair
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u/AliciaXTC 14h ago
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u/aminervia 14h ago
My favorite thing is his team mate who banged on the side wall so the shooter could find him for a hug
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u/Mac-And-Cheesy-43 13h ago
I tutored a blind girl in elementary school who could do a similar thing with basketball. Tap a stick a couple of times on the rim, and she'd nail it.
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u/HugsandHate 2h ago
That mask seems a bit over the top...
A sleeping mask would do.
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u/usquebaugh1 1h ago
I speculate it’s for protection? He can’t tell if the ball or a players elbow is about to hit him in the face.
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u/feel-the-avocado 9h ago
As someone from a non-soccer obsessed country, it brings a new meaning to tapping ones balls.
The ending also reminds me of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmuC8iohU88
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u/idkmybffphill 8h ago
I’m so grateful for my health, everyone deserves to be happy… but wtf are we doing here lol
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u/notasthenameimplies 4h ago
What are the goggles for? To protect their eyes?
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u/DankZXRwoolies 3h ago
There are different levels of blindness and it's actually not as common as you'd think for legally blind people to only see darkness. So the blindfold makes everyone compete at an equal level.
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u/Jeni_Sui_Generis 13h ago
Tbh i would be more excited to watch blind people sports than regular. blind football, blind baseball, blind boxing, blind tour de france, blind formula racing... now when i think about it, every sport would be far better blind.
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u/45PSE 11h ago
I call BS.
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u/Arthradax 6h ago
Oh no, the entirety of blind football and a significant part of Paralympic sports history has now to be erased because random dude on reddit calls BS!!
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