You may remember that we interviewed rugby player Steven about his experiences playing rugby.
We asked Steven for his top tips on managing depth perception in the game after losing sight in one eye:
My top tips would be:
- Treat it like any skill. Your depth perception will only improve by practising it and sticking at it.
- Use different shapes and sizes of balls; tennis balls, rugby balls, football, big and small. Practice catching and throwing them with a partner or a target!
- Tennis balls are great to focus on your catch; get used to walking about bouncing them and catching them.
- You can also throw tennis balls off of a wall and practice catching them that way.
- Overall, just have patience. If you’re practicing you will improve on it!
What tips do you have – we would love to know!
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