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Five things about sports vision therapy and training: Listen before you buy
Dr. Laby, an MD ophthalmologist and sports vision specialist, advises caution before starting sports vision training. He emphasizes that standard vision therapy may not benefit elite athletes with already good vision....
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Three Main Ways to Correct Your Vision
Sports vision specialist Dr. Daniel Laby discusses optimizing athletic performance through vision correction. The podcast explores three key aspects of vision crucial for sports: seeing small targets, detecting low...
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Sports Vision Training: Principles for Performance
In this Podcast, Dr Laby introduces the fundamentals of sports vision training, emphasizing how eye-brain coordination can improve athletic performance. Dr. Laby, a sports vision ophthalmologist, explains that...
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Mirror Neurons and Athletic Performance
Mirror neurons, first discovered in monkeys, are brain cells that activate both when an individual performs an action and when they observe someone else performing that same action. Research suggests that elite...
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Six Visual Keys to Tennis Success
This episode details six visual skills crucial for optimal tennis performance. Dr. Laby, a sports vision ophthalmologist, explains how improving visual acuity, depth perception, decision-making speed, visual...
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Three Ways to Improve Sports Performance
This podcast from Sports Vision by Dr. Laby details three techniques to enhance sports performance. Quiet eye training focuses on maintaining focused vision before, during, and after a critical action. Visualization,...
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Training Trent Alexander-Arnold's Vision
Trent Alexander-Arnold, a top Premier League footballer, underwent a six-week vision training program designed by Dr. Laby. The program, reviewed here, focused on enhancing visual skills crucial for football, such as...
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Nature, Nurture, and Athletic Excellence
This episode reviews David Epstein's book, "The Sports Gene," exploring the nature versus nurture debate in elite athleticism. The episode examines the "10,000-hour rule," contrasting it with genetic advantages like...
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Sports Vision Unlocked: Training Smarter for Peak Performance
This episode discusses sports vision training. Dr. Laby emphasizes three key principles: first, that visual needs vary significantly between sports; second, the crucial distinction between correcting deficient vision...
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Contact Lenses vs Glasses: What Athletes Need to Know
This episode compares glasses and contact lenses for athletic performance. We cover the pros and cons of each, considering factors like ease of care, performance impact (fogging, peripheral vision, slippage), and...
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Eye Dominance in Sports: Fact vs. Hype
This episode examines the validity of eye dominance testing in sports. It argues that unlike hand dominance, eye dominance lacks clear scientific support, as different tests yield inconsistent results and studies...
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Eye Dominance in Sports: Fact vs. Hype
This episode examines the validity of eye dominance testing in sports. Unlike hand dominance, eye dominance lacks clear scientific support, as different tests yield inconsistent results and studies show no correlation...
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