My ten years old got into soccer recently and he’s getting good at it, except, he has this paranoia that he’ll get blind (or will have severe eye damage) if he traces the ball through the air against a sunny backdrop. Because of this he won’t practice in the evening and this is when most training happens.
We had an eclipse recently and I think he took the “don’t look at the sun” mantra way too far and I don’t know how to undo that.
Please help!!!
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This actually used to bother me too, in high school, playing tennis. When serving the ball, you’re watching it fly up into the air while you time your swing. At some point you’re bound to be doing so right into the direction of the sun.
All you can do is what people normally do – wear sunglasses, squint, and do your best to minimize how directly you have to look at the sun, and how long you do it. You’ll get some bright streaks that stay in your vision sometimes, but they fade out in a few minutes.
I don’t know what I’d say to your son, but if you want, tell him that FartyPants69 played a sport that had him looking at the sun probably even worse than he does, he had the same worries, but at age 44 he still has absolutely no problems with his vision
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