Born 23 years ago in Molapowabojang, Motsumi is a goal ball player, a sport for the visually impaired. A second year journalism student at Limkokwing University, Motsumi started playing the game, which remains largely unknown, in 2006 at Linchwe Junior Secondary School. He played his first tournament during an Inter schools games held in Otse that year. After that he became an official when he entered senior secondary school education in 2008. The pint-sized young man said they intend to establish a team to play goal ball as a way to empower youths who are living with disability.
Shedding light on how the sport is played, Motsumi said that there are three representatives per team and that two teams play against each other. The three players are the left, right wing and centre players who sit on a mattress. Motsumi explained that all the players are blindfolded before the toss of a coin at kick-off. He said that if the ball passes the opposing players it is a goal, adding that not any ball can be used. He said that the ball they use has some metallic sound because they (players) depend on their sense of hearing.
