[Sportsandrec] clueless coaches

Bill Kociaba williamkociaba at comcast.net
Mon Jul 9 22:37:53 UTC 2012 

wow you played football! What was the extent of your vision at that time?  I 
always wanted to try out for the wrestling team but never could get up 
enough nerve to try. Looking back I really wish I had at least tried.

Bill Kociaba
CRUISEONE
Bill at Ycruise.com
954 227 7772 or Toll Free 877 227 7775
7600 Wiles Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33067
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From: "TNABA" <tnaba at bellsouth.net>
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> Yes Bill I think you are right. My mom made sure my adaptations were met 
> as long as I let her know they were not being taken care of. That was my 
> down fall as I did not really relay to her what was going on in gym during 
> middle and high school. When i played football she made sure they provided 
> me with a helmet that had an extra cradle in them to make sure my head did 
> not get jarred to much. I was lucky to have her having my back. Everyone 
> has someone watching out for them though, I hope.
>
> Ricky Jones
> Tennessee Association of Blind Athletes
> 1081 Zophi Street, Nashville TN 37216
> Email:      tnaba at bellsouth.net
> Phone:     615-390-4178
> Web:        www.tnaba.org
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Kociaba" <williamkociaba at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 4:03 PM
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>
>> Hay Ricky,
>> Its very different now but I think in Jody's and my era our parents just 
>> trusted that the teachers knew best.  In my case, I was in a school that 
>> had special accomadations for blind students so I am sure it was assumed 
>> by my parents that that meant in every class.
>>
>> Bill Kociaba
>> CRUISEONE
>> Bill at Ycruise.com
>> 954 227 7772 or Toll Free 877 227 7775
>> 7600 Wiles Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33067
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "TNABA" <tnaba at bellsouth.net>
>> To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List" 
>> <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 4:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] clueless coaches
>>
>>
>>> One of the sad things about this whole situation is that most parents do 
>>> not even know what is going on with their child in PE class. I am always 
>>> amazed that a parent has no clue as to whether their child is involved 
>>> in an adaptive physical education class or are they trailing the wall on 
>>> the out side walls of the gym and or sitting in the bleachers doing 
>>> nothing Dearing a critical class. That student doesn't relate to the 
>>> parents because they just soon forget the situation. I think parents 
>>> should get more involved in this type of situation as well.
>>>
>>> Ricky Jones
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jul 9, 2012, at 1:52 PM, <jody at thewhitehats.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bill,
>>>>
>>>> I had a good friend who was a brittle diabetic.  His gym teacher's idea 
>>>> of
>>>> toughing him up was to have him run laps until he calapsed and ended up 
>>>> in
>>>> the emergency room in shock.
>>>>
>>>> Really, I look back and see how irresponsible some of these teachers 
>>>> were.
>>>> Even having kids go outside in shorts and short sleeved shirts in 
>>>> November
>>>> up north was so irresponsible.  If a parent sent their kid out to play 
>>>> in
>>>> freezing weather in shorts and short sleeves they would be charged with
>>>> child abuse!
>>>>
>>>> Some of the adaptive PE they come up with now a days isn't any better. 
>>>> The
>>>> totally blind girl I mentioned who came in second place in her division 
>>>> in
>>>> the judo tournament described PE in school.  The teacher had her sit in 
>>>> a
>>>> chair and do arm exercises.  We joked about it all the time in class. 
>>>> Those
>>>> are the exercises for an 80 year old cardiac patient, not a healthy 12 
>>>> year
>>>> old blind girl.
>>>>
>>>> Oh don't get me started!  Actually I had so much faith in the public 
>>>> school
>>>> system we homeschooled our daughter.  She got her diploma at 16.  She
>>>> started judo at 18 months of age but gave it up at 8.  Not to say she 
>>>> didn't
>>>> learn anything.  She is married to a black belt in karate so now she 
>>>> loves
>>>> kick boxing.
>>>>
>>>> Our son did get his black belt.  He started judo at 11.  He came home 
>>>> from
>>>> school complaining a bully made him kiss a tree in order to be allowed 
>>>> to
>>>> pass him.  Well, it didn't take long before that boy ended up eating 
>>>> grass
>>>> and leaving our son alone.  Our son had a great tai-otoshi, he could 
>>>> even do
>>>> it and make it look like the other guy tripped.
>>>>
>>>> We just moved to a small farm with 5 acres.  I am in heaven here.  Tom 
>>>> and I
>>>> were just out in the barn and we found our mats.  We can put them out 
>>>> in the
>>>> grass and play to our hearts content and with complete privacy except 
>>>> for
>>>> our neighbor's horse.
>>>>
>>>> When we practice we have to leave the dogs inside because they think we 
>>>> are
>>>> puppy wrestling and they want to join in.
>>>>
>>>> Between the farm and working out I hope to loose some of the weight I 
>>>> have
>>>> put on over the last few years.  I was almost to my goal when my mother 
>>>> in
>>>> law came to stay with us.  She loves junk food. It wasn't her fault, it 
>>>> was
>>>> my fault for not having any will power.  I am determined now to get to 
>>>> my
>>>> goal.  The Zone diet works best for us.
>>>>
>>>> JODY
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> JODY
>>>>
>>>>
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