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Whether you’re trying to save the puck, shoot the puck or keep it in the zone, you need to know where it is. Developing your quick look can help. To practice how to quickly look, focus, stay focused and switch targets, try the following:
- Hold two pens of different colors about 10 inches apart, about 14-16 inches from your face.
- Call out the color of one of the pens.
- Look at the one you called and continue looking until you call out the second color.
- Then look at the second pen.
- Repeat the exercise but periodically change the location of one of the pens.
- Practice this for your entire visual field.
- Keep your fixation on the pen without being distracted.
- Notice if you anticipate your next target or take several jumps to locate the pen you want to focus on.
Editor’s Note: Thank you to optometrist Dr. Lynn Hellerstein, O.D., FCOVD, FAAO, for this excerpt from her latest book: See It. Say It. Do It! 50 Tips to Improve Your Sports Performance. Dr. Hellerstein has been a pioneer in vision therapy for more than 30 years. http://www.LynnHellerstein.com
