Vision Exercises
Develop better eyesight with See to Play vision exercises. Try out the Gaze Stabilization Exercise and other favorites by Dr. Michael Peters.
See To Play Gaze Stabilization Exercise (Eye Baller)
This sports vision exercise trains athletes to keep eyes up for “heads up” for distinct gaze control while performing eye, hand, body and mind activities. It improves stabilization of gaze while the body is performing athletic maneuvers, core body stabilization and trains decision making with separate right brain and left brain activities while filtering out visual noise. This exercise is also used in vision concussion rehabilitation as a clinical and home exercise. Click here for pricing information.
A professional hockey player performing the See To Play Gaze Stabilization Exercise with a professional trainer. Of note, he is on a balance platform, performing eye/hand/body task, reading aloud ball “number, color, stripe/solid” while trainer adds perturbation and visual noise. Trains eyes up, heads up while make left brain and right brain decisions. Also used in concussion rehab
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Here's three more of our favorites
1. Card Swing
What it does: Improves your peripheral awareness. How to do it: Hold a playing card at arm’s length straight out to one side. While keeping your eyes fixed straight ahead, rotate your arm behind you until you can no longer see the card. Next, slowly bring the card forward until you can just see the edge. You can shake the card when you’re first starting out to help, because it’s easier for your eyes to notice movement. Repeat five to 10 times, then switch to the other side.
2. Card Read
What it does: Helps to identify detail in front of you. How to do it: Similar to the card swing, hold a playing card at arm’s length, this time 45 degrees left or right from center. It’s better if you draw the card and put it in position without reading it first. Then, slowly rotate your arm to the center, keeping your eyes fixed directly ahead, until you can correctly identify the value and suit of the card.
Most people only have around 15 degrees right or left of detailed vision, but elite athletes can see up to 25 or maybe even 30 degrees on either side
3. ESPN Double Take
What it does: Helps you focus on objects at different distances. How to do it: Sit 15 feet from the TV with ESPN or a news channel on, holding a book, magazine, or playing card 6 to 8 inches from your face. Read one line of the book, then look up and read the news crawl at the bottom of your TV screen, then go back to the book. Repeat for up to 5 minutes.