Sports vision training strengthens the connection between your eyes, brain, and body to help you perform quickly and accurately. Vision is more than just 20/20 eyesight—it involves subtle and sophisticated links between your brain, muscles, and eyes. Think of sports vision training as weightlifting for your eyes.
What skills can sports vision training improve?
The skills you develop depend on your current visual strengths and areas that need improvement. Each athlete sets personal goals, and your doctor designs a customized program, which is implemented by your therapist.
- Dynamic visual acuity: Improves your ability to see objects while they’re in motion, helping you notice split-second movements you might otherwise miss.
- Depth perception: Enhances your ability to quickly judge how far away objects or players are and how fast they’re moving.
- Coordination: Strengthens hand-eye and eye-body coordination, improving your timing and overall control of your body.
- Visual pursuit: Improves your ability to follow moving objects with your eyes, making it easier to track a basketball, hockey puck, or other fast-moving targets.
- Visual acuity: Sharpens your overall vision, helping you see more clearly in all situations.
- Visual concentration: Boosts awareness and the ability to tune out distractions.
- Visual reaction time: Speeds up how quickly your brain processes visual information, allowing you to react faster physically.
- Visualization: Enhances your ability to imagine positive outcomes, making it easier to execute them in real life.
Who can benefit?
Sports vision training is beneficial for everyone—from youth athletes to professionals. It not only improves performance but also supports injury prevention and recovery, including post-concussion (TBI) rehabilitation.
What programs are available?
Training is customized to your needs:
- One-on-one sessions at The Vision Performance Center of Minnesota
- Team or group training
- Off-site camp training