[Sportsandrec] question about other sports

[maryjane]

thanks

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I agree with Audrey! Just decide what you are into. I run, do yoga, have
surfed, ridden horses, hiked, skied, climbed, etc... I don't think I have
found a sport that I couldn't modify. Well... Maybe NASCAR but I am not a
fan anyways.

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On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 10:36 AM -0600, "Robert Moore via SportsandRec"
<sportsandrec at nfbnet.org<mailto: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<http://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

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Subject: [Sportsandrec] question about other sports

Hello what other spor is for the blind.

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