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#63: How Vision Really Drives Athletic Performance: A 5-Question Sports Vision Quiz
How much do you really understand about the visual skills behind elite athletic performance? In this episode, we kick off the year with something a little different — a five-question sports vision quiz drawn directly...
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#62: Why Most Sports Vision Training Fails (And What Works Instead)
Every season, athletes and coaches ask the same question: Does sports vision training really work, or is it just another performance trend? After more than 30 years working with athletes across Major League Baseball,...
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#61: The Power of the Quiet Eye and Transforming Sports Performance
There’s a brief moment before every shot, often less than half a second, that can determine success or failure. It’s not mechanics or technique. It’s what happens when the eyes stop moving. In this episode, we explore...
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#60: Can Gaming Enhance Your Sports Performance?
What if the hours you spend gaming could actually help you perform better on the field, court, or ice, not just improve your K/D ratio?
In this episode, Dr. Daniel Laby dives into what sports vision science really...
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#59: How Fatigue Sabotages Your Visual Game
Athletes, parents, and coaches are sounding the alarm: “Their eyes just aren’t working anymore.” Missed shots, poor tracking, fuzzy vision, late reactions. These aren’t just random off days. They’re symptoms of a...
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#58: Why Correlation Lies in Sports Vision
In this episode, Dr. Daniel Laby unpacks one of the biggest misconceptions in sports vision - the idea that correlations fully explain how visual skills impact performance. After decades of analyzing athlete data, he...
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#57: The Cognitive Athletics Revolution
In this episode, Dr. Daniel Laby zooms out from drills and techniques and explores the future of sports vision training.
He breaks down the three major forces reshaping how athletes train their brains —...
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6 Sports Vision Tools Under $50 That Athletes Swear By
Most athletes, and even many coaches, believe elite vision training requires elite budgets. In today’s episode, we flip that misconception on its head. Dr. Daniel Laby breaks down six incredibly effective sports...
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How Vision Training Transformed Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Game
When Liverpool and England star Trent Alexander-Arnold partnered with Dr. Daniel Laby in 2021, few could have predicted the impact that cutting-edge vision training would have on his game. In this episode, Dr. Laby...
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Why Athletes Fail: The Invisible Skill That Separates Champions From Everyone Else
Episode SummaryIn this Deep Dive episode, the hosts break down the Sports Vision Pyramid — a five-level performance model built from decades of working with elite and professional athletes. Rather than relying solely...
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The Death of Talent: Why Preparation Always Wins
🎧 Show Notes – The Death of Talent: Why Preparation Always WinsDr. Laby’s framework for turning effort into exponential advantage — and why every athlete can build greatness from scratch.SummaryIn this episode of...
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What’s Really Limiting Your Game (and It’s Not Your Workout)
1. Summary (4–5 Paragraphs)In this episode of The Deep Dive, the hosts unpack four of the most common—and costly—mistakes athletes make that silently hold back their performance. Instead of focusing on grueling...
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