[Sportsandrec] New To List

[Ashley Bramlett]

Tyson,
Given that team sports are visual, I'm sure its frustrating
losing vision.  Some sports have just blind players like goal ball and beep 
ball.  But most are done with other sighted people.  There is such a thing 
as blind bowling where bowlers bowl with guide rails but you can also bowl 
with the help of your cane to find the line.
Those are the three sports for blind people I can think of.

Other sports you'd have to adapt to play such as using a beeping ball or 
ball with bells.
You may want to check out www.usaba.org for sports ideas.  Sports blind 
people do are often individual sports or those done with a guide.  They 
include judo and other martial arts, running, tandem cycling, swimming and 
skiing.  In fact there are some triathletes here.

You can also do other recreational things requiring no adaptation at least 
none I'm aware of.  These include rock climbing, hiking, canoeing, and water 
rafting.

You said
"but I have not been able to do as much with my vision going down and would 
like to do more like I was before."

Well I assure you you can be active still; it just will require some 
adaptations using your other senses and trusting people.  I say that because 
you may need a guide for some activities and that requires trust. Although 
you cannot play on a team you can do something in a small group.  So maybe 
you can take whatever you liked as a sighted person and adapt it to play 
now.
Kelly is great about adaptations; he has played many mainstream sports such 
as baseball, basketball and soccer.  I'm sure he'll answer any questions you 
have.
Go for it!


Ashley



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tyson thompson" <titus2005 at hotmail.com>
To: <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 4:51 PM
Subject: [Sportsandrec] New To List


>
> Hi Ashley thanks for the welcome. I am not working right now I like to 
> play about anything that happens to do with sports or recreation. I would 
> be what you would call a regular sporns nut or sports aholic I just enjoy 
> sports and recreation a lot, but I have not been able to do as much with 
> my vision going down and would like to do more like I was before. I pretty 
> much enjoy anything and like to try about anything. I am a person who just 
> enjoys having fun no matter what and sports are usually the place where I 
> feel most comfortable and most normal within myself. Like I said thanks 
> again for the welcome and the advice. Hope to talk to you again soon.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tyson Thompson
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