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Originally Posted by Rizzo21
Great thread on a subject that interests me quite a bit.
The night before doing my first official clinic (with evaluators), I had a friend optometrist get me in for an exam for contacts. I got a starter pack of throw-aways and about an hour before the clinic, I tried to get them in. Got the first one okay but the second one didn't go in so good. It was in there but "folded" up somewhere. Oh man, I was already nervous about doing the clinic (even if they were just summer camp games) and now I'm scrambling to get the first one out and find the second one that's really messing with my eye. Never got the "bad" one out before the games so I ended up with my glasses on and worrying about the irritation. Made it through that day and tried, unsuccesfully, to get the contacts in again from time to time but never really comfortable with them.
Only doing freshman/JV games so far and it may be awhile until I get any varsity gigs but I'm willing to try the contacts again down the road. As unfair as it seems to have to chuck the glasses for perception purposes, I suppose it's just the way it is. I'm not a candidate for laser.
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I have a good friend who wears glasses all the time. After getting "dinged" on some evaluations at a state tournament for wearing glasses, he got fitted for contacts. He struggled like crazy with them, in fact he couldn't seem to get them in by himself. He had his wife put them in for him at home before his games. She hated doing it.
One time I had a game with him and he had forgot to have his wife put them in. He knows that I wear contacts and asked me to put them in for him. It was a little weird (I'm glad nobody walked in while I was doing that), but I did put them in for him (once is enough).
His doctor's assistant finally gave him some personal "fitting training" and after a little practice, he can now do it by himself. Maybe you just need a little help.