About Sports Vision and Dr. Daniel M. Laby

Many professional, Olympic, and elite athletes, along with ambitious amateurs and dedicated weekend competitors, rely on sports vision training to elevate the way they see, process, and react during play. By optimizing the visual skills that drive every decision and action, athletes gain a measurable advantage in real-game performance.

Sports and Performance Vision focuses on transforming your visually based abilities to an elite level, empowering you to perform your sport or activity with greater accuracy, confidence, and consistency.

It’s not just about seeing better, it’s about performing better.

Dr. Daniel M. Laby is one of the world’s leading experts in Sports Vision Performance, with more than 30 years of experience helping athletes sharpen their visual abilities and compete at the highest levels. A Harvard-trained ophthalmologist and pioneer in sports vision science, Dr. Laby has worked extensively with athletes and teams across Major League Baseball, the NBA, the NHL, Olympic programs, and elite international football.

Throughout his career, he has combined advanced visual testing, cutting-edge research, and sport-specific training techniques to improve the skills that matter most in competition — from reaction time and depth perception to decision-making, focus, and the elite-level Quiet Eye™ technique.

His groundbreaking work comes together in his book, Eye of the Champion, which reveals the visual strategies used by top performers and provides a practical framework for athletes of all levels to elevate their game.

Dr. Laby is also a widely published in peer-reviewed medical and performance journals and is recognized for his innovative Sports Vision Pyramid™ framework, which provides a structured roadmap for optimizing the visual system from the ground up.

His expertise has been featured in major media outlets, and his research continues to shape modern understanding of how vision impacts sport.

Driven by a passion for helping athletes unlock their full potential, Dr. Laby works with professionals, rising youth talents, and everyday performers who want to see and play with greater clarity and confidence.

Through his coaching, courses, and in-person programs, he empowers individuals to build the visual precision and competitive advantage needed to excel, on and off the field.

CHECK OUT DR. LABY'S BOOK

The Importance of Vision in Sports and Performance - TEDx

In this TEDx talk, Dr. Daniel Laby reveals why simply “seeing the ball” isn’t enough for elite athletes. They must process visual cues rapidly, make split-second decisions, and coordinate perfect movements.

Older eye tests miss these abilities, but advanced, quick-view, contrast-based testing captures them and leads to measurable performance gains.

Red Bull Documentary: Elevating Trent Alexander-Arnold's Visual Game

In this Red Bull documentary featuring Liverpool FC, Dr. Daniel Laby worked closely with Trent Alexander-Arnold in Winter/Spring 2021 to assess and elevate his visual performance on the pitch using the Sports Vision Pyramid framework. Through advanced testing and targeted training, Trent sharpened the visual skills that drive elite play — from tracking and depth perception to decision-making under pressure. His improvement contributed not only to stronger performances for Liverpool, but also to his selection for the England National Team.

Sports Vision

Athletic performance requires exceptional visual skills. Every sport depends on the ability to see, process, and react with speed and accuracy. Our goal is to help athletes optimize these abilities and gain a measurable competitive edge.

What We Offer:

Evidence-based interventions tailored to each athlete
Training grounded in peer-reviewed research
Solutions from refractive correction to advanced visuomotor training
Flexible scheduling for training, travel, and in-season demands

Performance Vision

Optimal visual function isn’t just for athletes, everyone benefits from clearer, faster, more efficient vision. From drivers to individuals with low vision, the same principles that elevate elite athletic performance can dramatically improve everyday tasks and safety.