[SportsandRec] Introduction

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Caitlin,

I hope you find a sport you like if you are interested in that but definitely exercise regularly.
I wanted to add to my comments from earlier. I think you would like beep baseball given your prior interest in soft ball. If there Is a team nearby, give it a try. It’s a game for blind players and athletes who wish to compete can go to the World Series. The National Beep Baseball Association is www.nbba.org. If there is no organized team nearby, you could still buy a beep ball and play informally with friends if you have some. I grew up playing a recreational form of beep ball; we did not really play by all the rules but had fun and they did keep score. We also hit the ball from a tee instead of a pitched ball. I did not have the coordination for pitched balls so this worked best for me. Real beep ball is more strict though and played with pitched balls. Also they give you four tries to hit the ball and if you cannot do it, you strike out.

You’d have better success finding a running guide than finding a beep ball team. 
Running can be fun and you can do it for a fun sport for yourself or compete. I know a few blind half marathon runners. I know a blind guy or two who have completed triatholons. 
You can hold hands of your guide or use a flexible connecting rope type thing called a tether. A tether can be a rope or lanyard or belt, just something flexible.

Here are websites to check out about blind running.
Vision Aware
https://www.visionaware.org/info/everyday-living/recreation-and-leisure/sports-and-exercise/running-2805/1235

Access to Fitness: Running Techniques
https://www.nchpad.org/110/856/Visually~Impaired~~Blind~~and~Deafblind
I hope you are able to find something you enjoy and meets your goals. 

HTH,
Ashley





-----Original Message-----
>From: Kociaba Fitness via SportsandRec <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sep 14, 2019 6:44 PM
>To: 'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List' <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
>Cc: Kociaba Fitness <kociabafitness at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [SportsandRec] Introduction
>
>Hi Caitlin,
>First welcome to the list.
>My name is Bill Kociaba and I am a personal trainer in south florida and am
>totally blind.  I have been working both in person and long distance with
>blind and partially sighted clients for sevral years.
>I would be happy to do anything I can to help you.  You can contact me off
>list at kociabafitness at gmail.com 
>Just to be clear I am not looking for business just offering to help if I
>can.
>Bill
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SportsandRec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>Caitlin Best via SportsandRec
>Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2019 6:33 PM
>To: sportsandrec at nfbnet.org
>Cc: Caitlin Best
>Subject: [SportsandRec] Introduction
>
>Hello everyone,
>I am new to the list, but not to the NFB. I hope you all are doing
>well. I have recently gone to the doctor and was told I need to start
>dieting and exercising more regularly. When I was younger, I used to
>play softball and volleyball with partial vision, however now I only
>have light perception. I'd like to get back into the sports I played
>when I was younger or perhaps start running or any other type of
>exercise really. I'm open to any and all ideas.
>Thanks for your help and I look forward to talking to you more.
>Cheers,
>Caitlin
>
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