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University of Tennessee Softball"Hi, I'm Karen Weekly, Co-Head Softball Coach at the University of Tennessee. There is no question that visual performance is critical to success in the sport of fastpitch softball, where a hitter has less than .4 of a second to make a decision once the ball is pitched. Typical of most coaches, I always believed that an athlete either had good eyesight or they didn't, and there was nothing that could be done to change it. I was truly excited when I learned there was a program that could provide "weight training for our eyes" and thereby improve our decision making and reaction time. The Vizual Edge program is an essential part of our training. With the program, we are able to assess our athletes' visual skills, provide a user-friendly, competitive and fun training program to improve those skills, and then evaluate and track our athletes' improvement. I definitely recommend the Vizual Edge program to any athlete or team that is looking to gain an extra edge on the competition."Karen Weekly Co-Head Softball Coach at the University of Tennessee |
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Dynamic Edge Sports Vision Training Centers"I'm Karen Muncey, President and CEO of Dynamic Edge Sports Vision Training Centers in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.We have recently adopted the Vizual Edge Training sessions for use in the Center because they are the perfect compliment to our existing program. Our Dynamic Skills program trains skills such as eye-hand coordination, peripheral awareness, speed and span of recognition and concentration under stress, but we were missing the areas of eye muscle development to improve skills like depth perception and accommodation and convergence, which are so essential in sports. Now we can offer our athletes a more complete training program and they're loving it." Karen Muncey President and CEO of Dynamic Edge Sports Vision Training |
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Strength and Conditioning Coach"I'm Fernando Montes, a user of the Vizual Edge training program for over 10 years. During my career as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers, the need to seek cutting-edge technology was at the top of my priority list. The Vizual Edge training program is the real deal. I found it to be useful, user-friendly, provide accurate, statistical evaluation and, when needed, great support when I had no answers to the questions that were proposed to me. Not only am I sold on the product, but there's great potential in the hands of quality coaches. This is just another tool for us to use in our arsenal as we find new and cutting edge technology to enhance our coaching capabilities. I highly recommend this product to anyone. If you have any questions feel free to reach out, not only to Vizual Edge, but to Fernando Montes. Thank you so much and have a great day."Fernando Montes Former Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers |
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Vanderbilt University"Hi, I'm John Sisk the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach with Vanderbilt University.Vizual Edge is very cutting-edge training equipment and we utilize it. I really believe in it and look forward to testing our athletes and to the results in the upcoming months and years." John Sisk Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Vanderbilt University |
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Higher Ground Softball"Hi, I'm Bobby Simpson, Founder and CEO of Higher Ground Softball.During almost forty years of instruction in many facets of softball and baseball, including international elite level softball, I am firmly convinced that visual and mental skills separate players that have similar physical skills. To be successful, players must collect visual information, analyze it, decide what to do with it, act on it, and then learn from it. The process starts with and depends upon complete and accurate collection of visual information. Vizual Edge testing and training can greatly increase the odds of success by determining a player's visual strengths and weaknesses, then help that player improve those critical skills. It's user friendly, it's cost-effective, and it works." Bobby Simpson Higher Ground Softball |
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San Diego Padres"Hi, I am Greg Riddoch.Being a proactive thinker and teacher, I always knew vision was an important component of performance in the classroom and on field. While instructing my baseball and softball student athletes I did not know how to address this component of the game until I found Vizual Edge. In the past, when I was the Manager of the San Diego Padres this technology was not available. Vizual Edge would have been an essential tool as part of our complete training program. While I was with the Milwaukee Brewers, the team incorporated Vizual Edge as part of the player development and scouting programs. It gave us a competitive edge over our competition. I use the Vizual Edge software to illustrate visual strengths and weakness to parents and athletes as part of my hitting instruction. You can spend hundreds of dollars on equipment but unless you can see the ball and react to it properly, that bat or glove is not going to help you perform better." Greg Riddoch Minor League Manager, San Diego Padres |
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The University of Tennessee, Knoxville"As a former intern strength & conditioning coach with the Cleveland Indians Baseball Co., we were one of the first professional baseball teams using the Vizual Edge program. We had continued success using their program which has been improved considerable."They have done a fantastic job continuously developing their visual skills training software program. It takes about 2 training sessions to really get a feel for the program and its easy to show other people how to use it. You can change the program settings to make it easier or harder, depending on the ability of the athlete. "Currently, as an assistant strength & conditioning coach at the University of Tennessee and head baseball strength coach, we have evaluated and used their program on a trial basis the last two years. I'm happy to say that the positive feedback from the players and the increased performance is a major factor for us committing to using the program on a large scale basis. "At UT, we are looking at using their program with several of our sports such as baseball, softball, tennis, basketball, and football. The Vizual Edge staff is great to work with and we have had them come to UT to conduct an evaluation of our players. However, you can also use their evaluation CD which takes about 20 minutes. "Having a minor in statistics, one of the things I did was to test for a difference in scores of our teams that were tested. Let's just say that there was a statisitcally significant difference among two of the teams. This could not have happened by chance. What this means is that their program is a valid way to assess and train a variety of visual skills. "I would recommend the program to anyone and if you have any questions call them. They truly care about what they do and helping student-athletes. "Visual skills can, I think, seem a bit mysterious because most of us don't read about them in school books. However, we all talk about hand-eye coordination-but we don't really know what that means. "The Vizual Edge program teaches you and trains the muscles that control the eyes to work more efficiently. Their motto is, "Weight training for the eyes." We have to remember that muscles control all human movement, and we CAN strengthen our eye muscles to make our eyes work better, which will lead to improved athletic performance. "Please feel free to contact me privately if you want to discuss the program further, I'd be happy to talk about it in more detail." Thanks, Brian Gearity Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach Ph.D. Candidate Department of Educational Psychology & Counseling The University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
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St. Xavier High School"I have had the opportunity of using and incorporating the Vizual Edge Trainer within my programs. I was the Head Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for the Cincinnati Reds from 2002-2004 and currently the strength and conditioning coordinator at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati."As a major league conditioning coordinator responsible for a major league program, minor league system and Latin American academies, you are always looking to find the cutting edge research, software and training techniques, to give your athletes the best chance of success. "During our research we discovered that a baseball player's vision plays an important part in how well he performs day in and day out. Much like the physical development programs we designed to develop our players strength, speed and quickness, we could now incorporate vision training as part of their training routines. "The Vizual Edge Program proved to us that visual skills can be taught, trained, practiced and enhanced. The benefits of the program are simple, to provide visual skills and training. The initial evaluation is approximately 30 minutes. The assessment provides a specific profile of the athletes strength and weaknesses. Once the athlete knows his strengths and weaknesses the program can be designed specifically for him. The training sessions usually take 20 to 30 minutes and should be performed at least twice a week. "We had great success with the program and our athletes looked forward to vision training. I'm in the process of incorporate Vizual Edge into our strength and conditioning programs at St. X. I believe that the younger we can expose our athletes to vision training, the less they will have to compensate with their vision later in their athletic careers." Carlo Alvarez Strength and Conditioning Coord. St. Xavier High School 2005 Ohio Division I Football State |
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University of ArizonaThe Vizual Edge Performance Trainer is the must-have tool for any athlete who aspires to reach the next level. ~Mike Candrea, Head Softball Coach University of Arizona Diamond Sports TrainingMany thanks for allowing us at DST to be a part of the Vizual Edge. I can attest that everyone I have put through the vizual edge has come up to me at some point and told me how much they think the software helps. So I thank you for allowing us the ability to "help" in yet another way. ~Josh Champney CSCS, NSCA-CPT Director of Performance Enhancement |
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