Training Strategies in Football for the Blind:

The Use of Assistive Technology to Initiate Blind Children in Sports.

Abstract

The present study aims to report an experience that occurred in the context of the Insertion of Technologies in Educational Products discipline, part of the Professional Master's degree in Teaching on Visual Impairment at the Benjamin Constant Institute. The qualitative research is motivated by a reflection arising from the first author's practice as a teacher in the football sports initiation project for the visually impaired at IBC, where assistive technology is used to adapt a device that aims to assist both teachers and students. during training of the sport in question. In this context, the creation of the "End of Course Signal for Blind Football Training" stands out, a presence sensor designed to provide greater safety during sporting activities, both for teachers and students involved in the initiation process. sport in blind football. The results of applying the product on the court suggest that it can be a facilitator during blind football training, providing more security and autonomy for students and teachers.