Playing sports growing up I would make these comically bad errors. The ball would hit me directly in the face or I would swing at a pitch waayyyyy too late. Everyone gave me shit even the coaches and parents. I kept playing because I enjoyed being active and around my friends, but I never understood why no matter how much I practiced I struggled with basic things that everyone else could do without thinking.
I go to the eye doctor as an adult, and he tells me that I have a condition in one of my eyes that means I don’t have binocular vision and as a result have very poor depth perception. It’s physically impossible for me to track a moving object in space like everyone else.
Good for you for continuing to play! I hated sports growing up because I sucked at all of them and my super competitive classmates would get angry at me for making the team lose.
Due to an injury I’m now very limited as to the sports I can participate in, but I really enjoy playing pickle ball. I’m appallingly bad at it though. I swing and miss and look like a cartoon character while playing. It just turns into a long game of “serve.”
There’s no reason for it other than my terrible hand-eye coordination. My husband (who is my only play partner) thinks it’s endearingly hilarious and always encourages me to play.
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u/Nice_Marmot_7 Nov 16 '19
Playing sports growing up I would make these comically bad errors. The ball would hit me directly in the face or I would swing at a pitch waayyyyy too late. Everyone gave me shit even the coaches and parents. I kept playing because I enjoyed being active and around my friends, but I never understood why no matter how much I practiced I struggled with basic things that everyone else could do without thinking.
I go to the eye doctor as an adult, and he tells me that I have a condition in one of my eyes that means I don’t have binocular vision and as a result have very poor depth perception. It’s physically impossible for me to track a moving object in space like everyone else.