players do some “weight training for the eyes”

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The Tennessee Volunteer football team is focusing. Literally.

Based on the premise that “80% of input sensory information is visual,” the Vizual Edge computer system is designed to “[e]nhance performance by improving the visual skills used during competition.” Apparently, UT is one of only three Division I schools using the program, Georgia Tech and Northwestern being the others.

For the skeptics, like me, there’s this bit of info: the five highest Vizual Edge scorers on the UT baseball team also happen to be the players with the five highest batting averages. The highest scoring UT player last spring was Jessee Mahelona.

Okay, but can it develop as well as measure? Receiver Josh Briscoe would say yes, as he recently stated that he’s noticed a difference in his ability to find the rotation of an incoming pass.

Check out their Flash demo. And try not to make a snide remark about the fact that a portion of their front page appears to be written in three point font.
 
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(LetMeStay @ Aug 4 said:
The Tennessee Volunteer football team is focusing. Literally.

Based on the premise that “80% of input sensory information is visual,” the Vizual Edge computer system is designed to “[e]nhance performance by improving the visual skills used during competition.” Apparently, UT is one of only three Division I schools using the program, Georgia Tech and Northwestern being the others.

For the skeptics, like me, there’s this bit of info: the five highest Vizual Edge scorers on the UT baseball team also happen to be the players with the five highest batting averages. The highest scoring UT player last spring was Jessee Mahelona.

Okay, but can it develop as well as measure? Receiver Josh Briscoe would say yes, as he recently stated that he’s noticed a difference in his ability to find the rotation of an incoming pass.

Check out their Flash demo. And try not to make a snide remark about the fact that a portion of their front page appears to be written in three point font.
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It can't hurt anything, can it? How much time do they spend on this program?
 
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(LetMeStay @ Aug 4 said:
The Tennessee Volunteer football team is focusing. Literally.
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LetMeStay... I have a small request. "Where did this come from", becomes a distracting thought for me when I read unsourced material. To the point I can't take it seriously (I've worked in the media all my professional life).
If you don't mind, could you give me a little source info before you put in the piece you'd like to share?
I don't want to sound ungrateful for the info. I just like to know where it came from...
:post-20645-1119625378:
 
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Jimmy Hyams also talked about it on Sports Talk yesterday.
 
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Texas Tech does a similar thing with their recievers and tennis balls... they have to catch certain colored balls and let other colors go, something like that... and its hard enough to catch a freakin' tennis ball.
 
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(Big Orange Diesel @ Aug 4 said:
Wonder if the Vizual Edge really works? I have my doubts. :question:
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it says something about the players with the best vizual edge score had the highest batting avg
 
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(LetMeStay @ Aug 4 said:
it says something about the players with the best vizual edge score had the highest batting avg
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He means, does it work for football players?
 
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Increasing hand/eye coordination? Sure. Is that part of it any good for anyone other than the recievers and DBs? Probably not... but considering how it also works your mind, forcing you to concentrate, it could help others with focus... dunno for sure though.
 
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How many times did you see Omar Gaither have a wide open INT and drop it or Cory Anderson have a wide open reception but drop it? I'd say it will help our DBs/LBs/WRs/RBs/TEs and maybe some DEs.
 
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Well, the eye is a muscle like any other. Edgar Martinez lasted how long by doing eye exercises?

There's a decent number of hockey goalies who do eye exercises. Of course, when you're trying to stop a black 3-inch rubber disc traveling over 100 MPH, I'd be doing anything to gain an edge too.

As far as whether this will have an appreciable effect, I believe so. It has nothing to do with hand-eye coordination; it conditions the eyes to eliminate the small blind spots that develop during regular eye motion. When you look from side to side, it's not a smooth motion; it's closer to a series of quick jerks. If the motion becomes smoother, the eye will maintain focus through the range of motion and properly send signals to the brain.
 
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(Ohio Vol @ Aug 5 said:
Well, the eye is a muscle like any other. Edgar Martinez lasted how long by doing eye exercises?

There's a decent number of hockey goalies who do eye exercises. Of course, when you're trying to stop a black 3-inch rubber disc traveling over 100 MPH, I'd be doing anything to gain an edge too.

As far as whether this will have an appreciable effect, I believe so. It has nothing to do with hand-eye coordination; it conditions the eyes to eliminate the small blind spots that develop during regular eye motion. When you look from side to side, it's not a smooth motion; it's closer to a series of quick jerks. If the motion becomes smoother, the eye will maintain focus through the range of motion and properly send signals to the brain.
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Interesting.

I think Steve Largent used to say he learned to focus on a point on the end of football so that it would make the football seem bigger and improve his concentration. He said he picked it up from skeet shooters, talking about their shooting technique.
 
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