ABSTRACT\nThe aim of this study is to compare certain physiological and motor features of visually impaired students who play sports and those who do not play sports in schools for the visually impaired in Turkey.In this context, 98 visually impaired students who played sports regularly (72 male, 26 female) and 189 visually impaired students who did not play sports regularly (110 male, 79 female) participated in our study. In the study, participants’ gender, age, height, body weight, body mass index, girth, and motor features such as flamingo balance test, flexibility, standing long jump, sit-up, bent arm hang, 10 x 5m shuttlerun, grip strength, vertical jump, abdominal strength, back strength, hip flexion strength, hip extension strength, leg flexion strength, leg extension strength, arm strength and arm extension strength were measured.During the strength measurements, Lovett’s Manual Muscle Strength Test was utilised. In the study, significant differences were found between visually impaired students who played sports and those who did not play sports in terms of age, height, grip strength, vertical jump, balance test, flexibility, long jump, sit-up, bent arm hang, 10 x 5m shuttle run, abdominal strength, back strength, hip flexion strength, hip extension strength, leg flexion strength, leg extension strength, arm flexion strength and arm extension strength (p<0.05).However, no significant differences were found in terms of body weight, body mass index or girth (p>0.05).Examination of the test results of the study reveals that visually impaired students who played sports had higher performance levels than those of students who did not play sports.It is recommended that visually impaired students, as well as being given physical education lessons, should take part in more mobility games and sporting activities, or that more mobility games and sporting activities should be included in course curricula. \n\nKeywords: Visually Impaired, Physiological Feature, Motor Feature, Disabled Sports\n\n*İnönü University,Health Sciences Institute, Department of Physical Education and Sport, Malatya\n**İnönü University, Sports Science Faculty, Department of PhysicalTraining and Sports Education for the Disabled, Malatya

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