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Sports Vision Training is an under-represented part of an athlete's overall training program. Athletes train nearly year round for their sport; honing their skills, strengthening their muscles, and conditioning. Despite these efforts, many athletes fall into slumps, perform inconsistently, or fail to reach their personal goals for the season. For some of these athletes, faltering performance is linking to deficient visual skills.

Fortunately, many of these vision skills can be improved quite easily. Improving vision for sports may be as simple as wearing glasses or contacts to improve clarity of vision during competition. For those looking for a competitive edge, Sports Vision Training provides an opportunity to improve visual functioning; eye teaming, eye focusing, peripheral awareness, and split attention.

It is estimated that 4-5 million concussions occur annually, making a concussion the most common type of mild traumatic brain injury.

A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury that changes the way your brain functions. The vast majority of concussions do NOT result in a loss of consciousness, making diagnosis more challenging than previously thought. The majority of concussions result by blunt trauma, or a blow to the head. In children, the most common cause of concussions is sports, specifically contact sports such as football, soccer, lacrosse, and hockey. Concussions can also be caused by violent shaking of the head or upper body, so direct contact in the form of a "bump of the head" or "getting your bell rung" is not required to cause a concussion.