Most of the pros I work with tell me sports vision training is more valuable than more lessons in the mechanics. Throughout my career I've had the opportunity to work with athletes from the PGA TOUR, LPGA TOUR, Major League Baseball, and the NFL. I've also worked with professional tennis players and many athletes in the collegiate and high school ranks. Whenever I work with athletes, they are alwa
ys looking to have their vision give them an extra edge and help them perform better at their sport. Sports vision training allows athletes to use their vision to enhance their performance. I'd like to share my model for sports vision training so people can begin to understand how improving their vision truly does improve their game. The first part of my model for sports vision training is gaining an awareness of your own visual system. In order to gain a greater understanding of your visual system, there are several questions you need to answer: Are you left- or right-eye dominant? These questions help to reveal important aspects about how your visual system works and what you can do to improve your visual skills. Once you have an understanding of your own visual system, there are many tips that can help you better use your system to benefit your performance. If you are right-eye dominant you will do a variety of activities in sports very differently than if you are left-eye dominant. It affects how you line up your eyes over a putt in golf, how you hit a backhand in tennis, and how you position yourself in the batter's box for baseball or softball. The final step is training and developing your visual skills. Once you have learned about your vision, there are many different drills and exercises you can do to enhance your vision. Please continue checking back as we begin to discuss how to optimize your vision for success on and off the field.