To fully reach your potential, you have to refine your skills and get bigger, faster, and stronger. This is an ongoing process that becomes more and more imperative at every level. As the game gets faster, so do you. The eyes and brain are no different. The problem is that many athletes never even have a legitimate assessment, let alone do any training to enhance their ability to see, decide, and react. The eyes not only guide us in sports but in almost everything we do. Around 80% of all sensory input sent to the brain for learning is through the eyes.

This is the process that every action in sports and school follows. First, you must see it. This involves much more than just seeing 20/20 or seeing clearly. Seeing clearly doesn’t help you judge the speed or location of a ball. It doesn’t help you be more aware of your game-time surroundings because it doesn’t give you enough information to be in the right place at the right time to make a great play. Your vision is made up of many functional skills, such as depth perception, tracking, and focusing. They all work together to help you perceive your surroundings as best as possible. 
 
A new neurologically focused paradigm in optimal performance is emerging. Armed with today's knowledge of how the brain works and its significant contributions to performance, both on and off the playing field, elite athletes as well as their coaches and advisers understand that tireless strength and flexibility training alone isn't even close to solving the optimal performance equation. The neurologic paradigm in sports performance is now recognized and highly valued. You also have to train the nervous system.
 
Rapidly evolving and increasing volume of research on the topic has demonstrated that neurological functions are critical contributors to optimal performance in sport and in the game of life. These neurological functions can be assessed and trained. We used to think of the nervous system as static wires connecting one area to another. Back then, the thought was that these connections either worked, or not – with little ability to improve or recover after injury. We now know differently because of something called neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity involves the brain's ability to adapt and change with its environment or as a result of training. This simplified explanation doesn't nearly do this incredible phenomenon justice, however. When someone suffers a brain injury, for example, it's through the process of neuroplasticity that rehabilitation can occur by training a non-damaged area of the brain to "take over" a function previously controlled by a part of the brain that has become damaged. The injured brain can change, evolve, adapt and improve.
 
Cognitive and mindfulness training: The ability to maintain focus and concentration can be measured, practiced and improved. Training the brain is relative to vigilance, and the ability to predict rather than react can be measured, practiced and improved. The most elite and awarded athletes do these things well. Some by way of natural abilities, and others through dedicated, purposeful training of these neurological skills. Furthermore, the ability to be and stay in the moment and pursue "flow state" as well as quiet the autonomic system to optimize performance under stress can be shaped and conditioned through mindfulness training. Hitting a free-throw or sinking a putt under pressure, nailing the game-winning field goal and other sports achievements don't happen automatically for most people. Those who can maintain a calm, relaxed focus or remain in flow state are most successful. These represent neurological skills that can be trained.
 
Vision training: Some of the most commonly assessed aspects of Sports Vision are trainable and include:
Hand-eye coordination: The ability to move the body in conjunction with what the eyes are seeing.
Dynamic visual acuity: The ability to keep objects clear in the line of sight even when they're moving and/or when the athlete is moving.
Tracking ability: The ability to maintain clear focus on an object or multiple objects moving in space.
Visual reaction time: How quickly an individual is able to accurately react to something that he or she sees.
Depth perception: Understanding where everything on the field or the court (for example) is taking place in relation to other objects. Without proper depth perception, we could never be able to hit or field a ball, throw to someone else or judge the distance to a goal or hoop.
Peripheral awareness: The ability to see "out of the corner of your eye." Athletes who have great peripheral awareness tend to be very good at their sport because they can get a jump on some of the action.
Contrast sensitivity: This refers to the ability to distinguish between objects of varying color and intensity. Seeing and tracking a white ball on the green grass may be much easier than seeing and tracking a white ball in the air against a cloudy gray sky in an individual with poor contrast sensitivity.
 
Balance, vestibular and proprioception training: All athletes are aware of the importance of good balance. But most are unaware of how it can be improved through knowledge of center of gravity, as well as an understanding of how visual, vestibular and proprioceptive functions work together to achieve balance. The vestibular organs (located within the ear) work intimately with the visual system to help with sensing movement and acceleration, particularly while maintaining focus on an object (such as another player or a ball, which might also be moving). The proprioceptive system refers to nerves that send signals from muscles and joints to provide information to the brain on where the extremities are positioned in space. Yes, this unsung hero of the senses refers to being able to sense the orientation of our own limbs. Without it, we would be unable to walk unless we watched our limbs. Fortunately, it's possible to train the body to become better at recognizing where the limbs are in space and how to move efficiently to achieve the desired effect. Professional athletes, for example, are often masters at this.
 
When it comes to training for peak performance, biomechanics are critical. And so are the brain and nervous system. And when it comes to training the brain, whether the "performance" is on a court or field, in a classroom or in a boardroom, the benefits can make all the difference.
 
This product is a tool that provides instruction for all aspects of training. It challenges your brain to make the correct decision quickly. It challenges your visual system to connect to your brain quickly. It challenges your body to make the correct movements quickly.
 
Included in this Training Program are:
 
(1) SOR Stick
(8) Bean Bags
(4) Wiffle Golf Balls
(1) Brock String
(1) set of our vision charts which include:
       A.C.E. Saccadic charts
       Near-Far Chart
       Arrow Chart
(1) Vision Ring
(1) Set of 7 Cognitive Training Charts
(1) Mesh Carry Bag (not pictured)
 
Videos are included to give you basic instructions. We know you will find other ways to use these tools. 
 
We designed this program for use in the weight room or for a pre-practice routine on the field.