Larry Fitzgerald "eyes" superbowl victory

I came across a transcript of an interesting story on NPR involving Larry Fitzgerald and a couple of eye doctors who were talking about the superiority of Larry's vision and the role that vision therapy played.  At the end of the story was this comment, which confirms that vision therapy has now become standard in professional sports.

What actually has become routine are the drills that Fitzgerald's grandfather developed [Larry Fitzgerald's grandfather was an optometrist]. Today, aspiring athletes, even those with 20/20 vision, are given a regiment of eye exercises. So, in 15 years, there may well be a generation of wide receivers who can see as well as Larry Fitzgerald. Of course, there will also be a generation of defensive backs to thwart their efforts. 

To read the transcript (which is short and snappy), click here.

Vision therapy helped the most exciting player in the NFL

Recently I met an interesting guy who played professional football in both the National Football League and the Canadian Football League.  Teams in both leagues were using vision therapy to improve the performance of their athletes.  Vision therapy is used, among other things, to improve visual processing, eye tracking and eye-body coordination so its no surprise that it is considered valuable in professional sports.

In fact, "the most exciting receiver in the NFL", according to the wall street journal , credits his success as a star receiver to the vision therapy he had as a child.  To learn more, read the WSJ article linked to above or this story from Marketwire.