VISION CARE

Vision Care Optical Services recently introduced ‘Sports Vision’ to enhance the visual skills of sportsmen and women in Sri Lanka. The eye health of athletes is assessed through an eye examination to identify and strengthen weak areas, in order to see movement quicker and react faster. Athletes who wish to improve their performance are provided a training plan – which is a balance of vision training with technology and unique exercises – to sharpen 10 visual skills, namely visual clarity, contrast sensitivity, depth perception, near-far quickness, perception span, reaction time, target capture, multiple object tracking, eye-hand coordination and ‘go’ or ‘no go’ decisions. Research suggests that Sports Vision provides athletes with the ability to improve reaction speed by as much as 11 percent, which lends a competitive edge in the sporting arena.