[Glimpses of China]Taiwanese youth founded Chengdu’s first blind baseball team | Wireless News TVB News

Release date: 2024-10-31 09:21

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Baseball is a sport that relies heavily on vision, but there is a special team in Chengdu, Sichuan, where the players can compete in the dark. Swinging the bat and running, playing baseball for the visually impaired is not simple at all. The team trains once a week and their skills are constantly improving. Ou Xinghua, a member of the “Shimmer Baseball Team”, said: “Because I feel like I hit the target and I found the target, I’m still a little excited today.” Some players also said that playing baseball builds confidence. Li Zhonghua, a member of the “Shimmer Baseball Team” said: “How can a blind man play? I am more curious and want to experience it. At the beginning, I ran a little bit like I couldn’t let go, but in the end I just hit the ball.” The time I scored, I just let go and ran to hug the (post) and fell down. I was very happy.” The captain is Zhang Zhihong from Taiwan, who helped the team members catch it safely. There are many ways to think about the trajectory of the ball. “Shimmer Baseball Team” captain Zhang Zhihong pointed out: “Like our usual baseball (field), we need to draw lines, but we don’t have lines. We use marker boards to set the points. We modified the base posts, bought tumblers, and filled them with water. . Then after it is inflated, he blows the horn himself, and then asks them to identify and listen to the sound. “This “baseball” is his invention. Zhang Zhihong said: “I opened the tennis ball myself and stuffed it into the stereo. It couldn’t hit, but it could practice defense. With the second-generation ball, I thought if I stuffed the bell into it, would it be able to hit? We trained for the second time. Just use it, it can indeed attack, but it cannot be combined with (defense).” He is developing a new version that is both offensive and defensive. In the future, I hope to take the team to other places to compete.