Thursday, October 18, 2012

Blind Students Learn How to Play Tennis

In this photo taken Oct. 16, 2012, Austin Benavidez, who is blind, practices his tennis serve using an oversized ball filled with ball bearings at the California School for the Blind in Fremont, Calif. Students at the school are learning to play tennis, and expanding the boundaries of what the blind can do while offering new insights into the human mind. They must turn their ears into eyes, listening for the ball's bounce to figure out where to swing their rackets. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

http://news.yahoo.com/blind-tennis-players-keep-ears-ball-180153298--spt.html


I came upon an article the other day about blind kids learning how to play tennis and I was left speechless when I read the story because these kids are inspiration to everyone, that anything is possible. At a school in California, students are learning a form of tennis adapted for visually impaired. The students play by locating the ball fill of metal beads by listening when the ball hits the floor. It is not easy but with practice, the students are getting better. These students are just amazing and it is so inspiring. People like these are the ones that prove to others that nothing is impossible and if we set our minds to it, we can do anything.

 
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