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Research Article
penalized with Shido International Blind Sports Federation. guide to stay on the track and run their best.Exercise Right.
(2024). (2023, September 7)
Cricket Thus the first objective is fulfilled in which the format of
The blind cricket has different categories of B1, B2, B3 and different games of Paralympic for visually impaired athletes
the players who cannot see anything comes in B1. They are precisely for games like swimming, Chess, Judo, Cricket,
100% totally blind. They come in B1 category even if they Shotput and Running were reviewed which helped the
can see a little bit of light. As per the rule they provide dark researchers to understand the format of different games to
glass which takes away any light from their eyes. It is a must find the gap in the technological aspect which can be
to have four players from the B1 category. The B2 category addressed in the objective 3 of this research paper.
are the ones who could see up to 2 m and a minimum of three Objective -2
players must play in every match and the players in the B3
The second objective is to understand the perspective of the
category see up to 6 m. A maximum of four players can play visually impaired athletes of Fergusson college, Pune
in the game. B1 players make an impact. If a B1 player hits a Maharashtra about the experience and challenges while
single run, it is counted as two runs. And B1 must playing sports and their perspective about deep technology
compulsorily bowl eight overs in any game, that is 40% of in their respective games.
the bowling. Coming to the team composition: among the
11, there must be In a conversation with the players it was found that approx
1000 visually challenged people are there out of which 300 -
● A minimum of 4 B1 players.
400 approx play sports. The total number of visually
● 3 of B2 players. impaired students who play different sports from Fergusson
● A maximum of 4 B3 players. college , Pune is 20 out of which 5 students are currently not
playing sports and 5 due to studies are not in sports and 10
Shot put
students who are currently playing different games were
According to World Para Athletics the following is the interviewed .
classification for the visual impairment -
Table No. - 1 The total number of visually impaired
The three categories are as follows: athletes who were interviewed from Fergusson college,
1. F11 - No light perception to some light perception but Pune, Maharashtra.
unable to recognize shape of hand.
2. F12- 2/60 visual acuity and can recognize hands shape.
3. F13- visual acuity above 2/60 up to 6/60.
In this sport /game, throws are taken from 2.135 m where
measurements are taken from closest mark .This mark is
made by the shot to the throwing circle.Athletes have 60
seconds to participate for throwing once they are called for
the game to play.to throw the shot it must be kept close to
neck and released above shoulder height.There are three
throws in prelims round.The best throw out of all is recorded
and that player with good score is selected.Ties are broken
by comparing the throws. Panoutsakopoulos, V., & Panteli,
F. (2013).
Running
Totally visually impaired athletes are divided into 3
categories-
1. T11 - In this category players are totally blind and run with
blindfold and must have to run with a guide.
2. T12 -In T12 if player have some blurred vision , they have
the choice to run by themselves or with their guides.
3. T13 - In this category the player is impaired but cannot use
a guide.
For T12 athletes, the first thing the athlete and coach need to
figure out is whether a guide is necessary or if the athlete can
run well without one.
Track and field athletes who run with guides are amazing.
They team up with sighted runners who stay right next to
them, matching their pace. The guide helps by calling out
any obstacles ahead and letting the athlete know how much Figure No. 2 Number of Visually Challenged
of the race is left. Its a partnership that helps the athlete and
Players of Fergusson College who were interviewed

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