Personal statement
Did you know the blind can play basketball? What is blind basketball? Blind basketball is a group game where a player’s and your friends can enjoy, The same with basketball Basketball is played by dribbling the ball and a lot of kids may get very good at dribbling and they can get use to basketball very fast. The main objective is to get the ball in the hoop and get a basket, in basketball a basket counts as two points and the score can get quite high. The main defense is man to man, in this everyone on the team takes a player on the opposite team, that if he tries to score you can block him.
What is the difference between blind basketball and basketball? The most obvious difference is that player is blind in blind basketball and the a basketball player can see. Blind basketball matches are played without a crowd so the player can hear the ball, in basketball the game is played in a stadium with a crowed, in blind basketball the basketball has a bell inside so the player can hear the ball, in basketball it doesn’t have bell, also in blind basketball the player relies on the couch to protect him for rebound and other things, in basketball the players look out for themselves.
How do blind people play blind basketball? Blind basketball is really cool thing seeing how the blind can play sports like a normal person. Do blind people play basketball? When blind people play basketball they put bells in the basketball so they hear and detected the basketball. The way they find the basket or the hoop is they put a buzzer right behind the basket, So when the blind student is near the basket and can take a shot the teacher rings the buzzer a and that give a clue to the student that he’s near the basket and can take a shot. But how do they know when the ball goes out? When the ball goes out normally the teacher says to the student that it’s out, but if the student runs out with the ball the teacher yells the students name. But how could blind basketball advance?
So how could blind basketball advance? Now in 2014, we have discovered ways to advance blind basketball and make it easier for the blind. Now schools use colorful jerseys , they also use colorful basketball. Sometimes students can see better in the light , before the student plays with the team the coach checks the student if he can see a little bit better in the light, this way he can add or increase light in the court, they also cover the outer part of the court with an object, like a mattress so when they step out of the court they feel the floor change and keep on playing.
My action on blind basketball will be to raise awareness by giving people an experience how blind people play basketball and how they shoot,pass and dribble, after that I’m going to ask them how it felt and how hard or easy it was but before that I will give a small presentation on blind basketball and how they play it., and that will be my action.
What is the difference between blind basketball and basketball? The most obvious difference is that player is blind in blind basketball and the a basketball player can see. Blind basketball matches are played without a crowd so the player can hear the ball, in basketball the game is played in a stadium with a crowed, in blind basketball the basketball has a bell inside so the player can hear the ball, in basketball it doesn’t have bell, also in blind basketball the player relies on the couch to protect him for rebound and other things, in basketball the players look out for themselves.
How do blind people play blind basketball? Blind basketball is really cool thing seeing how the blind can play sports like a normal person. Do blind people play basketball? When blind people play basketball they put bells in the basketball so they hear and detected the basketball. The way they find the basket or the hoop is they put a buzzer right behind the basket, So when the blind student is near the basket and can take a shot the teacher rings the buzzer a and that give a clue to the student that he’s near the basket and can take a shot. But how do they know when the ball goes out? When the ball goes out normally the teacher says to the student that it’s out, but if the student runs out with the ball the teacher yells the students name. But how could blind basketball advance?
So how could blind basketball advance? Now in 2014, we have discovered ways to advance blind basketball and make it easier for the blind. Now schools use colorful jerseys , they also use colorful basketball. Sometimes students can see better in the light , before the student plays with the team the coach checks the student if he can see a little bit better in the light, this way he can add or increase light in the court, they also cover the outer part of the court with an object, like a mattress so when they step out of the court they feel the floor change and keep on playing.
My action on blind basketball will be to raise awareness by giving people an experience how blind people play basketball and how they shoot,pass and dribble, after that I’m going to ask them how it felt and how hard or easy it was but before that I will give a small presentation on blind basketball and how they play it., and that will be my action.