Tip for – Vision Impairment

TIPS DEPENDING ON THE DISABILITY

Vision Impairment

People who have a vision impairment will need more audible cues and instructions in a conversation manner.   Some with low vision impairment may find it useful to have visual aids like large posters and whiteboards, use bright-coloured equipment, and bring players closer to the visual aids.

Case Study: There are a vast number of athletes with different levels of vision impairment. This can be from athletes who need to wear modified eyewear when competing such as Edgar Davis, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Mack Horton.

Vision impairment is something that can affect how an athlete performs in training and adaptations should be made to encourage their development.

How to help: At training, coaches can ensure they provide verbal cues and talk through the instructions including letting the person know about the environment around them. Example do they need to watch the tree at the end of the field, a bit hole on the field.

For people with low vision, create large format visual aids such as large posters and whiteboards to explain the training. If anybody does have a visual impairment, bring them closer to the visual aid and make sure they can understand its importance.

There are also other tools to help such as modified equipment such as balls with bells inside and bright coloured equipment such as bright pink cricket balls.

In sports such as blind soccer each team has several coaches that describe game play in real time to help the player’s performance.