[SportsandRec] Introduction

[Caitlin Best]

Ashley,
Thanks a lot for all the info. I actually follow the National Beep
Baseball Association on Facebook. Unfortunately, in Northeastern
Pennsylvania, we don't have a beep ball team. I believe the closest to
me would be either Philly or New York City, which by bus would be
about 3 to 4 hours away. A family member and I will begin a
walking/running routine tomorrow, so I'm looking forward to that. My
area doesn't have a lot in the way of  good public
transit/paratransit, and Uber and Lyft tend to cost a lot in my area
since it's so spread out. I'll look into purchasing a beep baseball
though. I could always end up playing by myself if need be. I should
also mention, ice hockey is so fun, but blind ice hockey teams are
again pretty far away from me in NYC. I could get back into ice
skating/rollerblading which I haven't considered until right now. I
did find a site to adapt a volleyball and found out that many schools
for the blind in Japan offer blind volleyball. I need to find out more
about that to see how accurate the site was since I have a few
Japanese friends who are blind and attended schools for the blind.
I'll look into getting a tether as well. Unfortunately, stand-alone
bikes aren't very friendly to me and i end up getting motion sick,
which I wonder if I'm the only one who has that problem?
Again, I appreciate all your advice.
Cheers,
Caitlin

On 9/15/19, Ashley Bramlett via SportsandRec <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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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