Sports
Important visual skills in sports vary from sport to sport. Below are a selection of sports and which visual skills and general areas in which the athlete can seek to improve and develop.
If your chosen sport is not there, we apologise, but we are able to discuss almost any sport so simply contact us with your sport and position and level of attainment and we'll answer any queries you may have.
Athletics/Track and Field
Visualisation, peripheral awareness
Cricket
Anticipation, foot eye coordination, hand eye response
Football
Foot eye coordination, peripheral awareness
Golf
Judgement of distance, breaks in a green and simple alignment require overall visual acuity. Eye hand coordination.
Hockey
Awareness of spatial relationship to opponents. Dynamic visual acuity. Hand eye coordination
Netball
Depth judgement and peripheral awareness.
Rugby
Peripheral awareness, hand eye coordination, foot eye coordination and dynamic visual acuity.
Sailing
Glare recovery, motility, peripheral awareness
Swimming
Clear stable vision, peripheral awareness
Tennis
Prolonged visual concentration, sharp visual acuity, dynamic acuity and focus flexibility.
GAA
Peripheral awareness, hand eye coordination, foot eye coordination and dynamic visual acuity.
