[Sportsandrec] family yard sports

Wed Jun 8 01:11:58 UTC 2011

Are the battery doorvells operated by a remote control?  What do these 
things look like?  I am thinking that I could possibly  use one to place one 
behind home plate to be able to pitch balls to my son.  I could mount it to 
a large box. And I guess that a luggage beeper would work as well. Where can 
I buy a luggage beeper?  This is great input!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ginger Irwin" <girwin at ameritech.net>
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Another cheap beeper idea is to go to the hardware store and get a bettery
operated door bell, about $35.00 I use two of them when playing Baggo - a 
bean
bag toss game which everyone here in Chicago plays - same idea as 
horseshoes.
The best part of using the doorbell is that the person who is at the 
opposite
end of their goal can push the button themselves to get the auditory cue. No
need to ask anyone else to tap, clap, or whatever. This way you can practice 
by
yourself too. I've used these doorbells for all kinds of things.

Ginger
"It is choice - not chance - that determines your destiny" -Jean Nidetch

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From: JUSTIN LOUCHART <jalouchart at gmail.com>
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Sent: Mon, June 6, 2011 3:13:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] family yard sports

For the horseshoe idea, you could get a luggage beeper from a
department store and clip it on or very nearby the base pole. Luggage
beepers are a great (and cheaper) alternative to most auditory
blindness-specific instruments. Balls with bells in them or beepers
often stop working, or skew the sound due to centripetal force--
luggage beepers and plastic bags tend to be the most multipurpose.

On 6/6/11, PghJohn11 at aol.com <PghJohn11 at aol.com> wrote:
> Julie: How about horse shoes? Maybe regular sized plastic ones. I am
> sure there is a way to make sound on the peg. On metal we have a person
> tapping the peg with a rod so we can hear where it is. Google talking
> horseshoe pegs and see what you get. John T.
>
>
> In a message dated 6/6/2011 2:40:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> Lori at asmodean.net writes:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've found what Justin mentioned to be very helpful over the years.
> Sometimes playing on concrete with the frisby creates a little more noise
> when it lands if you don't have the beeping one so you can find it. With
> the
> bag on the ball it is possible to play goalie as well, just be warned
> playing with teens on this one as they kick a lot harder than the lil'
> ones.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JUSTIN LOUCHART" <jalouchart at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 2:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] family yard sports
>
>
>> Beeping frisbees are certainly inexpensive. For ball sports, putting
>> a platic grocery bag on the ball and tying it off at the handles is
>> the best auditory marker I've ever found.
>>
>> On 6/6/11, Julie J. <julielj at neb.rr.com> wrote:
>>> Hello all!
>>>
>>> The other day my teen age son and I were talking. He expressed an
>>> interest
>>> in playing Frisbee with me. I am totally clueless as to how I might
> be
>>> able to accomplish this. Does anyone have any ideas? should we start
>>> looking for other outdoor activities we can do together instead?
>>>
>>> How about bad mitten? Has anyone had any success nonvisually? We have
> a
>>> regular set, but I'm willing to purchase anything that would make it
>>> accessible.
>>>
>>> I'd also welcome any other ideas for family friendly activities we can
> do
>>> in
>>> the yard. My son and step daughters are all teens if that helps with
>>> suggestions. My son and I are not super athletically talented, but do
>>> enjoy
>>> outdoor activities.
>>>
>>> Thanks muchly!
>>> Julie
>>>
>>>
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disregard potentials."

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