If you were looking at the Stagecoach gym floor in Carlsbad during a recent Sunday, you'd see athletic shoes, knee pads, goals and balls — just like your average sporting event. The only difference is no one on the court that day could see.

This was a practice for the San Diego Goalball team.

Goalball is a sport for those with visual impairments. Every player on the court wears blinders over their eyes that black out vision, so whether you're completely blind, have limited vision or even if you can see clearly, the blinders level the playing field.

The game is played on a basketball-sized court with two goals at each end. Players feel for tape on the ground to position themselves. A key part of the sport is that goalball is played in silence.

Another key to the sport is not seeing, but

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