Hello friends. I am lovely. I wan t to know that how we can play table tenis? From whre I can learn?
On 10/10/13, Kiran Kaja <kirankaj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good to see a sports related question on the list. This was one of the > things I really used to miss when I was living in India and particularly > Hyderabad. I can't help you with any contacts in Bombay but I can explain > how some of the sports you mentioned could be played by blind people. No > sport can be made completely accessible to blind or partially sighted > people. Modifications have to be made for practical as well as safety > reasons. > > Football: until recently, this was primarily intended for partially sighted > people but here in the UK, they have now started football for totally blind > players as well. There is a ball with ball bearings in it and so it > rattles. > I don't know enough about football and so can't tell you what other > modifications are made. There is also goalball which has been specifically > developed for blind players. Here is a Wikipedia article about it > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goalball. > > Chess: this is probably the only game that has no real modifications to the > game. You can buy chess boards that have holes in each of the grid cells. > You also get the pieces in clearly tactilely distinguishable shapes. White > pieces have a bump on the top so that they can be easily separated from the > black pieces. All pieces have a protruding thing at the bottom which sits > into the hole. You can then touch the board and figure out where each of > the > pieces is. When I was younger, I used to play chess with my father. I like > the fact that you can either play chess with another blind player or you > can > play with a sighted player. > > Table tennis: I can't be sure if rules have changed recently but the ball > again has bearings so that it rattles. There is no net on the table and you > roll the ball along the table. But I haven't played TT in a long while. > > Cricket: My favourite sport. It is played with a plastic ball and has > bearings inside it so that it rattles. Only underarm bowling is allowed. > There is a mix of totally blind and partially sighted players in the team. > Totally blind players have extra privileges such as double runs, two lbws > before they are out, no stumping (I think) can catch on one bounce, etc. > > Sorry can't help you with other sports. I have never seen basketball for > blind people. > > Regards, > Kiran > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of Bhavya shah > Sent: 10 October 2013 12:32 > To: AccessIndia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: [AI] Regarding sports > > Hi, my dear visually challenged friends. I know that there are various > indoor and outdoor sports that can be played by the blind but do not > how to exactly play them. Please is there anybody in Sout Bombay who > can teach me or does anybody know someone who can teach me these > sports. Also, please tell me which of the following games are > completely accessible because I have ranked them according to my > favourite ones at the first. > Football > Chess > Table Tennis > Cricket > Basketball > Handball > Throwball > Dodgeball > Kho Kho > Langdi > Carrom > Thank you very much. > I would appreciate an early reply. > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind > ia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Kind Regard Name:Lovely Kumar Grover Email id:lovelygrove...@gmail.com Mobile:08527006353 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. 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