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Advice for diving boards in a pool? (self.Blind)
submitted by throwaway0994940
I'm sighted, but my sister is blind. She's in her twenties now, but we live so close to our parents we spend way too much time there.
Our parents have a diving board on their pool that is just barely raised off the ground. My sister's current strategy with it is putting her cane right up against the board on the ground, walking until the ground ends, dropping the cane, and inching her way towards the edge then jumping off. It's very effective and she's only hurt herself once or twice in the 20 years she's done this.
My parents are currently looking to get higher diving boards that are a few feet off the ground. Obviously her current strategy would not work with these. Do you guys have any tips for how to make them work for her, or if they'll need to look into wider, almost diving "platform" like boards or perhaps look into guard rails? Our logic is she could probably come out relatively unscathed after falling off onto the water but probably not after belly flopping onto concrete. Any advice would be appreciated.
Our parents have a diving board on their pool that is just barely raised off the ground. My sister's current strategy with it is putting her cane right up against the board on the ground, walking until the ground ends, dropping the cane, and inching her way towards the edge then jumping off. It's very effective and she's only hurt herself once or twice in the 20 years she's done this.
My parents are currently looking to get higher diving boards that are a few feet off the ground. Obviously her current strategy would not work with these. Do you guys have any tips for how to make them work for her, or if they'll need to look into wider, almost diving "platform" like boards or perhaps look into guard rails? Our logic is she could probably come out relatively unscathed after falling off onto the water but probably not after belly flopping onto concrete. Any advice would be appreciated.
leitzankatan 3 points 4y ago
Maybe you could add tactile bumps to the board on either the center or on either side (whichever is more helpful to keep her centered) and then a line or other indicator before the optimal place to dive off of, so there wouldn't be anything to hurt your foot on in that part while jumping.
throwaway0994940 [OP] 3 points 4y ago
I absolutely love this idea. Slightly wider than normal board and a few walk throughs with someone there to get her familiar with the edges and she'd be good. Thank you so, so much, my family will be thrilled when I show them this!
bradley22 2 points 4y ago
Perhaps she could climb up onto the board, sit down on it and feel where the edge is, stand up, and jump.
throwaway0994940 [OP] 1 points 4y ago
We thought about that! It still sounds fairly dangerous, and not to mention the time it would take to climb across and transfer from the ladder to sitting on the board and then sitting on the board to standing up. Plus the board gets fucking hot as hell and ideally we wouldn't be giving people 4th degree burns.
bradley22 3 points 4y ago
Ah, I didn’t think of that.
I live in London and 99 percent of our pools are inside and the boards don’t get hot.
I live in London and 99 percent of our pools are inside and the boards don’t get hot.
throwaway0994940 [OP] 2 points 4y ago
Sorry if I came off as rude! I just reread my response and I sound a bit dickish. I don't really have an excuse for myself.
The concept of England having anywhere to swim at all never crossed my mind until just now.
The concept of England having anywhere to swim at all never crossed my mind until just now.
bradley22 2 points 4y ago
Don’t worry about it, your post didn’t bother me at all.london isn’t that good for swimming or hiking.
I’m going to Alabama on Sunday to visit a friend and am going to hike and swim, It’ll be fun.
I’m going to Alabama on Sunday to visit a friend and am going to hike and swim, It’ll be fun.
BlueRock956 1 points 4y ago
Hi, I’m doing a rig with PBC pipes to bowl. My goal is to aline myself down the lane. And I believe that it would not be too difficult to rig a rail along the left side of the board so that she may walk streight. This would not be a bar to put weight on, it would just have to be to guide her self from the platform to the edge of the board.
Nandflash 1 points 4y ago
If she doesn't have trouble walking in a straight line, I'd imagine her current process would work. I do the same thing, but minus the cane.
I just step onto the board, and walk forward in smaller steps than I would usually use until I feel the edge.
I just step onto the board, and walk forward in smaller steps than I would usually use until I feel the edge.
throwaway0994940 [OP] 1 points 4y ago
One of her biggest issues is walking in a straight line. We've tried the process without the cane and she usually ends up walking off the board. Not to mention that she gets nervous when high up and seems to forget all of her O&M training so it being a high board only makes it worse.
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