Hold the star at reading distance. Look “hard” at the dot in the center, and notice how the dot reduces in size and your awareness of your periphery decreases.
Tip #11: PERIPHERAL VISION – Do you have eyes in the back of your head?
When a basketball player sees a teammate out of the corner of his eye, the player is using his peripheral vision. You can increase your ability to see action to the side without turning your head.
Tip #10: FIXATION ACCURACY – Quick looks
Practice how to quickly look, focus and stay focused… now switch targets! Hold two small balls of different colors about 10 inches apart, about 14-16 inches from your face.
Tip #9: FOCUS & EYE COORDINATION – String & beads
In this exercise, you’ll train your eyes using a string and beads held up to your face. Put two beads on a six-foot string.
Phil Kiner, Top Trapshooter Shoots for Vision Therapy
“When shooting, you cannot hit the target if you do not see it correctly. Vision therapy helped me really SEE IT and as a result, I was able to take my game to the next level Phil Kiner Twenty-eight-time Amateur Trapshooting Association All-American and World Record Holder with two 400×400 All-Around Scores
Tip #8: FOCUS & EYE COORDINATION – The keys to accurate visual information
For your eyes to work well together as a team, your focus and eye coordination skills must be excellent. You need to be able to quickly and accurately fixate on a target object, then switch between near and far objects.
Parents: Don’t make this mistake!
One of the biggest mistakes parents can make is to assume that their child’s vision is fine because the vision screening was passed at the pediatrician’s office or the school nurse’s office.Beanie Leffler, now 60 years old, knows firsthand how big a mistake that is. She had passed all the vision screenings, and her parents […]
Tip #7: EYE TRACKING – Eyes on the ball
Do you have trouble catching the ball (or coach athletes who do)?
Could Vision Issues Be Contributing to Your Child’s Difficulty With Learning?
This is a CRITICAL article in the literature on vision therapy- Please be sure to read this.
Tip #6: EYE TRACKING Figure eights
Keep your head still: these are eye movements, not head movements