Esports once thought of as a stagnant and skill-less hobby has emerged as the world’s fastest-growing sport and has attracted a wide variety of players and viewers of all different ages. It is now considered a competitive sport and high schools and colleges now have teams and are competing.

One of the most common questions I get from my days as a scout is, "What are the traits of elite hitters?" I got a look at so many elite-level baseball players and athletes.

As a vision training company, we often like to highlight how visual skills can be an overlooked attribute in sports with many athletes, coaches, or trainers unaware of how visual processing can be trained.

The skills of players and broadcast of pro pickleball tournaments have improved exponentially over the last couple of years. Gone are the days of watching a single, static feed with no commentary from the baseline at much too high of an angle and having no idea what the score is.

As the NHL regular season gets ready to start in a couple of weeks, we wanted to discuss the roles that convergence and divergence vision training play when it comes to elevating goalie performance.

Football season is in full swing and the receivers are in midseason form. It’s easy to see what makes these receivers such phenomenal athletes as they continually display amazing feats of athleticism, speed, and finesse.

As we continue to create new exercises for our Edge Trainer vision training platform, Vizual Edge is committed to providing you with the best possible experience while training.

Another MLB draft has come and gone, and for all involved, it’s always something of a bittersweet feeling. While it’s nice for scouts and players to be rewarded for the fruits of their labor (and indulge in some much-deserved downtime)

We can all point to some positives we took out of the pandemic, whether it be new habits, hobbies, interests, or tastes we picked up with our increased time at home.

This likely isn’t news to anyone that reads this blog, but the average fastball in 2021 is again at a record high- it’s now over 93 MPH, and leaning on history, it’s apt to only climb when pitchers typically see their velocities peak in the hot summer months of July and August. 

Growth mindset is a popular term right now. Originally an academic topic from Stanford professor and psychologist Carol Dweck

Vizual Edge, the leader in sports vision training, announced a new partnership with the Alliance Fastpitch, the fastest growing youth league in fastpitch softball.

When coaches and general managers are asked what they are looking for the most in a hockey player, they always mention "hockey sense." As the game of hockey continues to get faster, hockey sense is becoming more and more vital.

So, while this sets up perfectly for our pro baseball clients, it scales well to the college, high school, and youth spaces, too (including one partner college whose offense has been hot as of late!).

Last week I had the opportunity of being on a SportsTechie panel (hosted by Joe Lemire) along with a host of vision experts, to discuss the impact vison has on sports and the increasingly important role it will play in years to come.