Visual impairment is considered to be one of the most severe disabilities, and according to data on people with disabilities in Croatia from 2019, there are 27092 people with visual impairments living in Croatia, which is 5.3% of the total number of people with disabilities. Visual impairment does not directly cause reduced physical abilities, but hinder the normal development of physical skills. If, in addition to visual impairment, a person has fewer opportunities to participate in sports and physical activities, they will have below average level of physical fitness and abilities. Despite this, the blind and low visioned people are given fewer opportunities to engage in some form of physical activity and recreation from an early age. Also, in the world of physical activities and recreation they encounter a multitude of barriers. Some of these barriers stem from the impairment itself, however some are productions of ignorance and misunderstanding of the social environment. Even minimal visual impairment affects quality of life, but there are still some differences within the population of visually impaired. Regular physical activity has a positive effect on motor and functional abilities and enables greater functional independence and quality of life, but blind and visually impaired people are not only unengaged in sports activities, but also have lower level of physical activitiy during the day because they prefer a sedentary lifestyle. Although there are studies that have not shown a connection between quality of life and sports or physical activity, there are more of those that indicate a positive correlation.