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Everything is possible. Even that is quite impossible from the first sight, and it's a true reflection of my conviction. I am sure the blind and visually impaired people can much improve their potential abilities to move around and orient in the space much more independently than it is just possible with existent methods. So their life will become easier and better. They will be able to move around without a help of white canes, guide dogs or any other external equipment. They will be feeling much more comfortable and independent in any life condititions, even those when white canes and guide dogs are unavailable. And these Unique Sports, realized with YOUR HELP, will allow to resolve a lot of blind people's problems.

The Description: It is created Unique Rehabilitation Program for the Blind, that can be represented as following Sports: 1) Synchronous motions in the space blindfold. This is a pair Sports, where one athlete is leader and second one is follower. The leader, standing behind the back of the follower, makes free motions. The task of the follower is exactly to repeat them.

Note: the follower does not see leader, and also the leader's motions don't accompany with sounds. Any defining by the trainer music can be presented as background.

2) Football, volleyball, basketball and so blindfold. Two teams by four blind (or just blindfolded) players each (one of them is goalkeeper) play on a hockey size field. By means of absolutely new training method athletes acquire an ability of sensitivity of surrounding objects, in this case of the ball, gate and each other. The task of the field players is to define ball's location and forwarding it to the gate. The task of goalkeeper is to catch the ball. Note: the ball does not ring (without bells inside). Musical background and commentaries through loudspeaker are very reasonable. 3) Orientation in the space blindfold (like "Sport orienteering", but with eyes closed). Trainings and competitions can be conducted in a sport hall, on a stadium, and also in field and forest conditions. The task of athlete is to find a hidden object or place. Note: the hidden object can be invisible and unknown even to people with vision. Blind people are taught to move around safely and independently. Any external equipment, such as white canes or guide dogs are not used. 4) Rounding of obstacles. ("Bat") In a sporthall or anywhere else it must be created artificial obstacles. The task of athlete is to go all them round. It develops an ability to prevent any dangers, that allows to provide more favorable conditions of the life for people disabled in vision. 5) The following of an invisible information trail. This is a pair sports too. The leader walks along a free chosen by him way and leaves in the space his information trail. The task of blind (or just blindfolded) athlete is to follow this trail as exactly as possible. The competitions or drills can conduct in a sporthall or in any field conditions. ________________________________________________________________________________ THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ! ALEXANDER BURSA, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR. NEW SPORTS FOR THE BLIND bursaab@orc.ru Fax. (781) 6236185 109004 Moscow, Russia Pestovsky Lane 6-4 FastCounter by LinkExchange