SPORTS VISION TRAINING

Sports are decided by split-second decisions. Your road to becoming an elite athlete begins with maximizing ALL aspects of your game.

The vast majority of athletes do not know that you’re able to train your mind to see fast and react quicker. Training your brain to see faster, the same way you train your body to perform better, gives you the competitive edge that elite athletes possess.

The good news is that any athlete, regardless of level of play, can improve visual athletic visual performance with sports vision training.

Sports vision training is an aspect of athletic performance training that is overlooked by many athletes, coaches, and professional trainers

Important visual skills that can affect performance:

• Dynamic Visual Activity – the ability to see objects clearly while in motion
• Eye Tracking – closely related to dynamic visual acuity, this is the ability to ‘keep your eye on the ball’, or follow a moving ball. It is also known as ‘vision pursuit’
• Eye Focusing – the ability to change focus quickly and accurately from one distance to another
• Peripheral Vision – the ability to see people and objects ‘out of the corner of your eye’ while concentrating on a fixed point. You do not see things in the same way that you see something in front of you, but you simply become aware of someone or something on your left or right.
• Depth Perception – the ability to quickly and accurately judge the distance between yourself, the ball, your opponents, teammates, boundary lines, and other objects
• Fusion and Flexibility Stamina – the ability to keep both eyes working together, even under high speed and physically stressful conditions
• Visualization – the ability to picture events with your mind’s eye or imagination. This relates to remembering plays, court position, planning future action.
• Eye-Hand and Body Coordination – appropriate use of your hands, feet and body when responding to visual information, i.e. getting yourself to the ball
• Visual Concentration – the ability to stay on task for increased awareness and fewer distractions

Certified Sports Vision Professionals

Jeff Pinkman is on the Sports Vision Pros Advisory Board,  a group of individuals who make a difference with athletes in their profession and with the utilization of vision and performance. The Board helps with strategic initiatives for Sports Vision Pros and the Performance Vision Academy.