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Vision Training
Vision Training is a exercise program for the eyes that results in improved vision. Results come from increased strength in the muscles of the eye, increased endurance of these muscles and improved communication between the brain and the images captured by the eyes. The training takes place using the 9 exercise protocols featured below and how they translate into sport specific situations. Optimum effects are achieved after 36 sessions and are available to you now at IMG Academies!
Aperture Ruler
Description: Improves depth perception by synchronizing the eyes to work together, ‘converging’ the eyes together toward a target and ‘diverging’ them away from a target.
Improvement You Can Expect: Exercise is done in 1 minute sets. There is not a direct measure of improvement here – however the impact will be shown in other exercises like the SVT board.
Flippers
Description: This is as close to weight lifting for the eyes as we can get, overloading the eye muscles with ‘weight’! This improves depth perception by synchronizing the eyes to work together, and the ability to change focus. As training progresses the athlete will become much more efficient at both of these skills and eye fatigue will drastically decrease. Situations this can apply to might include in soccer measuring the accuracy of positioning to receive long pass; assessment of field and positioning of teammates.
Improvement You Can Expect: 28-30 cycles per minute (this varies as strength of prism or lens increases), so athlete will increase the cycles per minute and increase the power of flipper they are able to do that with.
Brock String
Description: works to improve depth perception and changes in focus from near to far. Examples in sport can include the return of service and timing of groundstrokes in tennis.
Improvement You Can Expect: Exercise is done in 1 minute sets. There is not a direct measure of improvement here – however the impact will be shown in other exercises like the SVT board.
Concentration Trainer
Description: Errors through concentration make up to 90% of all errors on the field of play! This exercise is designed to enhance focus, alertness, and concentration and reduce mental fatigue over time. Examples in sport can include the ability to refocus from play to play and improve the endurance of their eyes.
Improvement You Can Expect: Measured in length of time to find the target. Depending on your starting value – 30-50% improvement is fair (if starting at high values, the % is likely less).
Tachistoscope
Description: improves visual memory by having you recognize and recall pictures in a split second, increasing the speed of effective decision making. A football player would be able to see improvements in their pre-snap read and be able to recognize opponents plays more quickly.
Improvement You Can Expect: Usually a 2-4 level increase (depending on where they start) – e.g. if you can consistently recognize 4 digits in .3 second, after 36 sessions you should expect to be able to recognize 6 digits in .25 seconds.
Near/Far Accommodation
Description: Trains the ability to change focus from objects that are near to far or far to near. In sport, this can help improve the ability to watch the ball, all the way to the strings for a tennis player.
Improvement You Can Expect: About 30-33 cycles a minute (1 near and 1 far = 1 cycle). If your baseline is this high, your difficulty level will increase and your ability to accommodate will be better at higher levels, and with better endurance.
Saccades
Description: improves up/down and side/side focus. Encourages speed of movement and accuracy of fixation. Overload of the eye muscles increase strength and prolong eye muscle endurance! This might include a basketball player that can increase their ability to read and scan the court quickly.
Improvement You Can Expect: Between 38-40 cycles per minute.
Rotary Pursuit
Description: helps to increase the ability to track moving objects with high accuracy. When strengthened, this also reduces fatigue in an environment that is constantly moving and shifting. In baseball, this would help improve tracking of the pitch, or fielding the ball into the glove.
Improvement You Can Expect: Dynamic acuity should be able to increase the speed of the wheel at least 4-6 after training, so if the athlete starts at 8, the ending speed will be between 12-14, but this test is quite variable, some people really do well on this and can get up in the low 20s after training.
Sensory-Vision Training (SVT) Board
Description: Helps improve hand eye-coordination, reaction times and accuracy of movement. Specifically improves an athlete’s speed of recognition and can be trained to recognize and deal with weaker areas of vision (such as peripheral left hand response time). Most sports require great hand eye co-ordination, for a basketball player, this could include the ability to react more quickly, creating turnovers and see a passing lane more quickly.
Improvement You Can Expect: Proactive (‘pace of reactions controlled by athlete’) should be able to reduce your proactive reaction by 25-30%. Reactive (‘pace controlled by computer’) should be able to shave .10 seconds off (depending on the threshold starting value will be around 25-30% just like proactive).
Available Programs:
| Short Term | |
| Individual Assessment (45 minute session & report) | $130 |
| A la carte session (30-45 minutes) | $65 |
| 10 sessions | $600 |
| Long Term | |
| Semester/Optimal Program (36 sessions - incl. assessment & eval) | $1895 |
| Full Year Membership (36 sessions + unlimited maintenance for year) | $2995 |
For more information please contact David DaSilva at david.dasilva@imgworld.com or call (941) 739-7386.