Lithril said:
I don't have a problem with doing the Time, I mean Fox Walk although not at any speed, but thats only in the daylight. When I try it at night everything goes totally wrong, mainly down to balance, its like trying to walk a beam with your eyes closed, keep end up falling over and making more noise than if I'd been walking normally.
Anyone else have this problem?
Yeah, it's because you don't have a visual "horizon" to orient yourself, so your body doesn't know which way is up and you wobble all over the place
If it's anything like rowing, the only cure is to practice listening to your body - the visual sense is so dominant that we tend not to develop the kinaesthetic sense of just
knowing where all our bits are, but it's not impossible, just takes determination and hard work cos it's frustrating. I get the rowers I teach to spend some time rowing with their eyes closed each time they're out in a boat - they hate it to start with, "how can all 8 of us stay in time when we can't see what we're doing?", but they get used to it. Some people take to it really well!
Oh and you can practice every mealtime - try eating with your eyes closed; you lose a point every time you stab yourself in the lip with your fork
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