Sports Vision Training

Sports vision training is a personalized program of exercises and activities designed to enhance the visual skills needed for athletic success, including focusing, eye tracking, peripheral awareness, and hand-eye coordination. 

Here's a more detailed explanation: 

What it is: 

• Focus:

  Sports vision training aims to improve the communication between an athlete's eyes and brain, enhancing visual skills crucial for their sport. 

• Skills Targeted:

  These skills include: 

  • Focusing: The ability to quickly and accurately adjust eye focus and maintain clarity. 

  • Eye-Tracking: The ability to smoothly and accurately follow a moving object. 

  • Peripheral Awareness: The ability to see and react to events happening outside of the direct line of sight. 

  • Visual Reaction Time: The speed at which an athlete can process visual information and react. 

  • Dynamic Visual Acuity: The ability to see moving objects clearly. 

  • Hand-Eye-Body Coordination: The ability to coordinate visual information with other motor skills. 

• Personalized Approach:

  Sports vision training programs are tailored to the specific needs and demands of each sport and athlete. 

• Equipment:

  Programs may utilize specialized equipment, such as prisms, lenses, filters, and computer-based training programs. 

• Benefits:

  Improved focus, better reaction time, enhanced spatial awareness, and overall better athletic performance. 

Examples of Exercises: 

• Eye Exercises: Activities that improve eye movement, focusing, and coordination. 

• Visual Puzzles: Tasks that challenge visual processing and memory. 

• Computer-Based Training: Programs that provide interactive visual exercises. 

• Specialized Equipment: Using prisms, lenses, or filters to enhance visual perception. 

• D2 Dynavision Board: A visuomotor training device that enhances eye-hand coordination, visual and motor reaction abilities, and perception in the periphery. 

• Strobe Glasses: Glasses that flash at different rates to limit visual information and improve reaction time. 

• Heart Chart: A chart used to train peripheral vision by reading letters in the periphery while tracking a central point. 

Who benefits? 

• Athletes of all ages and levels:

  From youth to professional athletes, anyone can benefit from improving their visual skills. 

• Athletes in visually demanding sports:

  Sports like baseball, basketball, soccer, hockey, and football, where quick reactions and precise movements are crucial, can greatly benefit from sports vision training.