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The Not So Silent Michelle Roark and Sports Vision

April 11, 2008 on 4:19 pm | In Uncategorized |

I came across an interesting article about how some players on the Edmonton Oilers hockey team are benefiting from vision therapy, but nobody wants to talk about it in effort to keep their competitive edge. 

Though we’ve worked with several world-class athletes that fit into this same ‘silent’ category, one athlete with whom we’ve worked for several years has been a huge proponent of the sports vision work we’ve done with her — Michelle Roark.  Michelle recently took home the gold in the women’s dual moguls at the 2008 SPRINT U.S. Freestyle Championships.   This is Michelle’s 11^th season on the U.S. Ski Team, in which time she’s landed on the podium more than 10 times – including five World Cup wins and a spot on the Olympic team.

As the article points out, not only can vision therapy and sports vision programs benefit skiers and hockey players, athletes involved in nearly any sport that demand quick reaction time, distance judgment, peripheral vision and balance can reap tremendous rewards.  Some of the more popular sports for which athletes benefit from vision therapy include baseball, golf, tennis, soccer, football (receivers and quarterbacks especially), basketball even NASCAR and Formula 1 drivers.  Who knows, maybe your favorite athlete has already completed a vision training/sports vision course in order to get that competitive edge… 

 Thanks again and congratulations to Michelle Roark.