I can identify the people coming before me and I can find the pol or corner before me. so i think swimming will be more easy for me. try this summer
On 5/3/12, Manish Agrawal <manis...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried to learn swimming last year at the Saket sports club. > The trainer there was not aware of any special method to teach me but was > willing to try out anything I suggested. > I didn't get much further than floating though because the pool was rather > crowded and I was sure to "swim" into someone if I moved at all. Its like > walking without assistance on a crowded road. > I am not sure how as a blind swimmer, you can learn to avoid hitting other > people. They do have some technique that allows a blind swimmer to identify > the edge of a pool and avoid hitting the wall but I didn't get that far. > > Regards, > Manish > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in > [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Prashant > Ranjan > Verma > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 9:16 PM > To: accessindia@accessindia. org. in > Subject: [AI] swimming training for the blind > > Dear all, > > Does anyone has undergone swimming training at a commercial swimming > academy/pool? > > I am curious to know the experience. Was there resistance from the > trainers? > Did the trainers adopt any different method for training? > > > > Specially I would like to hear from persons with low vision. > > > > Prashant > > > > > 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 > > > > > 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 > > -- LL.M candidate at Faculty of Law in University of Delhi 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
