Running Strategies
Running on a treadmill
- Handrails can be uses for safety
- The treadmill can count the distance, speed and time for the runner
- Tactile modeling can be used to learn running form
Guide Running
- Runner runs with guide using a tether or the runner holds the guide's elbow
- The guide runner should be faster than the runner who is Visually Impaired
- Communicate
Tether Running
- The tether should be 1- 2 feet in length
- Let the tether have some slack in it
Guidewire Running
- The wire should be about elbow height of the runner
- Keep the guidewire tight
- Attach a carabiner to the wire for the runner to hold onto
- Use a sound source or knot on the wire to indicate when the runner should stop
Using a Sound Source
- This will indicate where the end/finish line is
- A person clapping
- A bell
- Music
- Give the runner verbal cues
Sources
Delillo, J. (2017, February 13). Running without sight, for a cause. Retrieved from the Perkins website
Guide running for beginners. (2016, May 18). Retrieved from the Royal National Institute of Blind People website
Instructional Materials. (n.d.). Retrieved from the CampAbilities website
Lieberman, L. J., & Haibach, P. S. (2016). Gross Motor Development Curriculum for Children for Visual Impairments. Louisville, KY: American Printing House for the Blind, Inc
Lieberman, L. J., & Haley. Schedlin. (n.d.). WalkRun For Fitness. Retrieved from the APH website
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