Sports Vision includes:

• Basic optometric care
• Correction of any visual defects
• Glasses/Sports Eyewear
• Contact Lenses
• Refractive surgery including laser eye surgery
• Specific Vision Training
• Improving reaction time
• Improving speed of acquisition of 3D
• Improving visual perceptual skills
• Improving consistency of fixation
• Improving consistency and accuracy of eye movements
• Improving Eye-to-hand and eye-to-body accuracy
• Expanding peripheral awareness

The Wellington Eye Clinic are delighted to be one of the sponsors of the TopGolfer Tour for Ireland's best golfers. 30 events have been scheduled across the country for golfers with handicaps of 9 and lower. At the end of the tour, the 30 winners from each event play off to determine Ireland's Top Golfer at a 2-day event at Carton House. Improved eyesight always leads to improved sporting performance and we endorse all activities that lead to a better quality of life. See www.topgolfer.ie for more information.

Sports Vision:  Maximise Vision/Maximise Performance

Having 20/20 vision means that you should be able to see the ball well, but what if your opponent sees the ball before you? What if your opponent can follow the ball better than you? You’re immediately on the back foot and they have that all-important edge.

In competitive sport the difference between success and failure is measured in hundredths of a second or fractions of an inch. Elite athletes understand the need to train and keep the body in peak fitness. With vision being the dominant sense in most sport, we must maximise all aspects of vision to maximise sporting performance. Despite this, many sports-people still do not associate visual skills with sporting performance.

Interview on Sport at Seven - RTÉ Radio 1

Darragh Maloney discusses the importance of maximising vision to maximise sporting performance.

Does the coach/player recognise any of the following signs?

  - Inconsistent performance
  - Performance not up to potential
  - Performance deteriorates over time
  - Performance deteriorates under mental or physical stress

Uncorrected visual problems can have a dramatic effect on sporting ability, not just in terms of focusing but also:

  – balance,
  – timing and anticipation,
  – reaction times and aiming accuracy,
  – hand-eye-foot co-ordination,
  – glare recovery,
  – fatigue,
  – maintenance of high levels of concentration

People judge their vision by how clearly they see. However, vision is much more complex; there are many processes contributing to vision:

  – Speed and accuracy of focus,
  – Depth perception,
  – Peripheral awareness,
  – Stability of eye dominance,
  – How efficiently the 2 eyes work together as a team

A Sports Vision assessment can help remove barriers to further improvement at all levels of sporting achievement. This is a holistic understanding of the visual process which goes far beyond the scope of a normal eye test.

How can Sports Vision help you?

– "No competitive athlete today can ignore the significant role that vision and visual skills have on their performance. You have to possess a superior visual system to be a superior athlete!" - Dr. Barry L. Seiller, Ophthalmologist (Founder Visual Fitness Institute®, Developer of Vizual Edge Performance Trainer)