Teiresias Centre

History of Blind football at MU

Teiresias Centre and its staff started to engage systematically in Blind football classes in autumn 2008. Thanks to the suggestion of two visually impaired students Matěj Plcha and Jakub Starek a delegation of several employees and students of Masaryk University participated in a seminar on Blind football in Olomouc which took place on 21 June 2008 (for more information on the seminar see the current events' page)). The seminar was lead by the Brazilian graduate of the Faculty of Physical Culture of Palacký University in Olomouc Mgr. Gabriel Mayr, who shared his experience with training Blind football sportsmen and offered a partnership aimed at the development of this sport in the Czech Republic.

The beginnings of Blind football classes

Three months later a group of ten visually impaired students and ten coaches and guides from MU started regular training sessions in the big gym at Vinařská 5 in Brno.

Specific aspects of teaching blind football

Blind football, as a paralympic sport, follows the rules set by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Before the classes started, the students were informed about the rules and were given all the important instructions, particularly concerning safety not only during the training but also during matches.

After the theoretical preparation the students familiarised themselves with the gym and they practised orientation skills in the whole building of the gym, too. Afterwards they started the training of the following specific skills which are highly important for visually impaired sportsmen:

Space orientation
Practice of the correct coordination of different types of movements
Use of voice signalization in order to minimise clashes of players and to navigate the player on the field
Different types of work with the ball – accepting passes, ball controlling, shooting etc.
Tactical preparation of the players
Teamwork practice

Other information is available at the web pages of Blind football.

Photo gallery

Summer training camp in Bučovice – 23 to 29 August 2011

The photos you can see in the gallery were taken by Tomáš Bukovský, Jitka Graclíková and Sísa Hrbáčková. Full size photos (2560 x 1920 pixels) are available to download as a zip-archive futsal_Bucovice11.zip (106 MB).

Summer training camp in Vyškovec – 16 to 21 July 2010

The photos you can see in the gallery were taken by Petra Belková, Milan Duda, Jitka Graclíková, Lukáš Pazderka and Veronika Pazderková. Full size photos (3456 x 2592 pixels) are available to download as a zip-archive futsal_Vyskovec10.zip (130 MB).

III. workshop in Nymburk – 14 to 16 May 2010

The photos you can see in the gallery were taken by Milan Duda, Lukáš Pazderka, Veronika Pazderková and Lukáš Másilko. Full size photos (3456 x 2304 pixels) are available to download as a zip-archive futsal_Seminar_Nymburk10.zip (163 MB).

II. workshop in Brno – 13 February 2010

The photos you can see in the gallery were taken by Milan Duda and Lukáš Pazderka. Full size photos (3456 x 2592 pixels) are available to download as a zip-archive futsal_Seminar_Brno10.zip (120 MB).

Workshop in Brno – 12 December 2009

Summer training camp in Polnička – 23 to 29 August 2009

The photos you can see in the gallery were taken by Milan Duda and Lukáš Másilko. Full size photos (3456 x 2592 pixels) are available to download as a zip-archive futsal_Polnicka09.zip (263 MB).

Workshop with David Mycock – 29 and 30 May 2009

The photos you can see in the gallery were taken during the first part of the workshop by Ilja Rajdová. Full size photos (3456 x 2304 pixels) are available to download as a zip-archive futsal_Mycock09.zip (134 MB).

Training Session – 6 April 2009

The photos you can see in the gallery were taken by Jiří Seman during the training on 4 April 2009. Full size photos (3696 x 2464 pixels) are available to download as a zip-archive futsal_060409.zip (80 MB).

Masaryk-Worcester Universities Blind Football Development Week – 4 to 8 March 2009

The photos you can see in the gallery were taken during the training sessions and matches between 5 and 7 March 2009. Full size photos (1600 x 1071 pixels) are available to download as a zip-archive futsal_Worcester09.zip (17 MB).

Training session – 19 November 2008

The photos you can see in the gallery were taken during the training session on 19 November 2008. Full size photos (3872 x 2592 pixels) are available to download as a zip-archive futsal_191108.zip (90 MB).

Training session – 19 October 2008

The photos you can see in the gallery were taken during the training session on 14 October 2008. Full size photos (3872 x 2592 pixels) are available to download as a zip-archive futsal_141008.zip (120 MB).