Sports Without Sight: The sound-driven world of blind athletes
Twenty Thousand Hertz
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The Sound of the Ball
The jingling sound of the ball lets you know where it's going. Being able to quickly react to those audio cues is essential to a block. Each type of throw makes a slightly different sound, and a pro player can recognize all of them. You'll hear i gong, left or right. Right the left. Tis take three % pong. The little pong piece will move left to right to block the ball and send the ball back to the other side. Mollison: If he hits the right area between players, they kind of jerk their heads a little bit. I woe, cause they thought they had a track on the ball.
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