[Sportsandrec] {Spam?} RE: question about other sports

[Robert Moore]

nascar?  Hmmm 
 I have a friend out in New Yourk   that was believe it or not involved in a
blind racing event that went on for I think seven years. I was going to trry
to go out and do that but it has  been canceled  and does not look like it
is coming back. I have some ideas to bring it back and make it much safer
than it was but funding and people to back the idea are both in short
supply. 
 How  about sky diving. Not  what I want to try but a lot of totally blind
people have  done there share of dives. I can not speak to if they ever did
it solo but I would think so. 
Robert 


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Im doing triathlon. Learning to be teathered during the swim and run. And
for the bike portion we use a tandem.
On Jun 16, 2016 12:36 PM, "Robert Moore via SportsandRec" <
sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Maryjane,
> Depending on how athletic you are or want to be, sports for the blind 
> are pretty wide open.
> I will give you a short list and if you have questions about   any of them
> please ask.
> This is in no way a complete list of all sports that blind people have 
> and can participate in.
>
> Beep baseball which is what I like to call a modified softball for the 
> blind. The ball beeps and the bases emit a constant buzz.
> Info can be found at
> www.nbba.org
>
>  goal ball I have not played it for decades so perhaps some one else 
> can give you a good short explanation.
>
>  Other less rigorous sports are  bowling which for people with enough 
> vision loss to need it,, uses a hand rail to line up your approach.
> There are blind dart legues all across the country.
>
> A lot of blind people ride tandom  IE  two person bikes.
>
>  Blind people also gulf which I have never done. Also Waterskiing, 
> down hill skiing, cross country skiing,
>
>  If you contact the united states association of blind  athletes they 
> have a lot of highschool and collegetype sports like track and field,  
> wrestling, gymnastics,  swimming and the list goes on and on. I read a 
> book that I got from the NLS for the blind that I will try to look up 
> for you that talks about all of these sports and probably more.
>  In the meen time if you use bard or any talking book service for the 
> blind, just look up sports for the blind or blind athletics.
> Hope that gives you a good starting point.
> Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Hello what other spor is for the blind.
>
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