[Blindtlk] blindtlk Digest, Vol 58, Issue 10

Mon Apr 11 19:25:01 UTC 2011

    I played with sighted kids in regular pickup football games in high 
school and college.  I played mostly center and either guard or tackle 
usually on the right side of the line.  You can get footballs with bells in 
them.  Like Steve Benson, I found a way to pull my weight with sighted kids 
or I wasn't going to participate.   While getting hurt was a possibility, I 
never really worried about it since I was in shape and I could handle just 
about anybody so long as they didn't weigh 300 pounds.  Nowadays, my 
techniques wouldn't be legal since I'd take the knees out from the guy 
across from me.  I also could snap for punts and field goals and hold for 
field goals as well. I did intercept a pass once because I would rush the 
passer with my hands and invariably I'd knock a ball down.

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>   1. Re: Blind people and "Catch" (Gary Wunder)
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> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:25:14 -0500
> From: "Gary Wunder" <GWunder at earthlink.net>
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> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Blind people and "Catch"
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> Hi. Not a stupid question at all. You know where to throw by telling the
> person you want to throw to he needs to make a sound --over here would 
> work.
> Catching is the tricky part--a ball with a bell might work out for you. A
> basketball is fantastic because it has a ring all its own.
>
> Gary
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tom
> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 1:31 AM
> To: Tom
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Blind people and "Catch"
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> Hi,
> Tom here hoping I don't ask a dumb question.  I'd like to know if anyone 
> has
> done this or not.
>
> I was hanging out with some of my school friends and one of them thought
> it'd be fun to play ball, a game of catch.  The other thought it'd be fun
> but then they looked at me and figured I wouldn't play because I'm totally
> blind.
> I told them not to worry about it, and they just played catch for a while
> and then I had to go anyway.
>
> Anyone here play any ball or games like that?  How could I have joined in 
> or
> know where to throw or things like that?
> Just curious.
>
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> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:59:32 -0400
> From: "Dave" <workerbee123 at earthlink.net>
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> Subject: [Blindtlk] Book on CD
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> Sorry about the cross post.  I have had my autobiography "Suddenly Blind" 
> (available on Amazon and soon Kindle)  published and am looking to put it 
> on CD.  I am looking for answers for who does this, who might know what 
> type of equipment / software that I would need or someone has to do this? 
> I will appreciate any advice / suggestions.
> Of course the cd will need to have page markers, chapter markings...
>
> Thank You,
>
> workerbee123 at earthlink.net
>
> or
> marketing at suddenlyblind.net
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> Author David Wermuth
> "Suddenly Blind"
> marketing at suddenlyblind.net
> www.amazon.com
> www.createspace.com/3532920
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:05:03 -0500
> From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Blind people and "Catch"
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> Tom, you do ask a good question, so please don't be shy about tossing them 
> out. It is often the simple things that we don't talk about, or have 
> stopped looking for solutions to. Gary's idea about a bell in the ball is 
> good. Another is to teach your friends to tell you when the ball is 
> coming. If they are good at throwing, it will come in at a definite height 
> and in a definite spot. Make your game a challenge. Their task is to be 
> accurate enough that you catch the ball. They might take turns trying it 
> themselves. Please let us know how it works.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Tom
> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 1:31 AM
> To: Tom
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Blind people and "Catch"
>
> Hi,
> Tom here hoping I don't ask a dumb question.  I'd like to know if anyone 
> has done this or not.
>
> I was hanging out with some of my school friends and one of them thought 
> it'd be fun to play ball, a game of catch.  The other thought it'd be fun 
> but then they looked at me and figured I wouldn't play because I'm totally 
> blind.
> I told them not to worry about it, and they just played catch for a while 
> and then I had to go anyway.
>
> Anyone here play any ball or games like that?  How could I have joined in 
> or know where to throw or things like that?
> Just curious.
>
>
>
>
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