Do you lose concentration during sports performance?
Is it hard to keep your eyes accurately tracking?
Have you noticed difficulty with depth perception?
Do you use visualization or imagery strategies?
Do you miss your shots or swings?
If you answered YES to any of these questions, then read on...
Elite athletes train their vision and visual brains to get the winning edge and you can, too. For all ages and abilities, the exercises in 50 Tips will tip over the barriers holding you back to improve your sports performance.
Toss a copy of 50 Tips into your sports bag, head out to the gym or field, and put these gems to work for you, whatever your sport: *Build the 15 vision-related skills key to great performance.
*Refine eye-mind-body coordination.
*Learn to use the SEE IT. SAY IT. DO IT! process to boost confidence and competitive edge.
*Prevent sports vision injuries. For individuals of all ages: kids, weekend warriors, serious athletes, parents, coaches, and teams.
In this book: This easy-to-use handbook includes tips and exercises to build specific skills.
Part One: Refine eye-mind-body coordination with exercises for eye tracking, focus, peripheral vision, concentration, and more.
Part Two: Gain mental edge through the SEE IT. SAY IT. DO IT! process. Includes exercises for teams and children by age group.
Part Three: How to practice sports vision safety.
Many of the best athletes in the world...understand the importance of their visualization process. Dr. Hellerstein has found a way to explain these and many other keys in a simple, easy-to-read format. Well worth the time....
Kevin Eastman, Assistant Coach, Boston Celtics
Optometric Vision Therapy made a big difference in my life and my football career. Learning-related vision problems can have a serious impact on a child s education.
Larry Fitzgerald, NFL Pro-Bowl Wide-receiver
50 Tips to Improve Your Sports Performance is dedicated to you: the athlete who wants to perform at your peak potential. Whether you are a weekend warrior or an elite athlete, superior visual skills can take you from good to great, allowing you to increase your potential and maximize your sports performance.
A pioneer in vision therapy and developmental optometry, for more than 30 years Dr. Hellerstein, has helped thousands of children and adults improve their vision and transform their lives at home, in the classroom, and most recently on the playing field. Her breakthrough methods unlock barriers to learning and rewire around brain injuries, and perceptual or processing deficits. But you don t have to have a vision problem to benefit: her strategies may be the missing magic if you re an athlete trying to nail a tricky shot or stay cool in competition. If it s a skill you can visualize, Dr. Hellerstein can help train your eyes and mind s eye on success.
Award-winning author
Dr. Hellerstein has extensive professional publications to her credit, but witnessing the joy of her patients overcoming a learning barrier or meeting a sports goal put her on a mission: to deliver her methods into a form that could reach a wide audience of parents and educators, to help more kids and more athletes. Her award-winning series, SEE IT. SAY IT. DO IT!®, is the happy result.
Optometric practice
Dr. Hellerstein co-owns Hellerstein & Brenner Vision Center, P.C., a full-scope optometry practice in the Denver-Metro area, where she is a developmental optometrist and manages the vision therapy department. The practice specializes in the prevention, treatment, remediation and enhancement of the visual system for children and adults to achieve optimal function.
Speaking
Dynamic and engaging, Dr. Hellerstein is a popular speaker nationally and has appeared internationally. Her electrifying programs open the eyes of parents, educators, therapists, athletes, coaches, optometrists, and physicians to the power of the visual brain and how to engage it effectively.
Consulting
Many educational and parenting groups, rehabilitation facilities, and sports teams consult with Dr. Hellerstein to increase success in school, work, sports, and confidence. Most recently, Dr. Hellerstein is helping entire organizations boost workplace performance. Please contact Dr. Hellerstein for information about she can help your organization boost performance.
Avid athlete and sports fan
Dr. Hellerstein s participation in sports and interest in sports performance are personal and a lifelong love. In earlier years, she played racquetball and tennis, and now hikes, walks, and practices yoga. Her description of her one-and-only marathon shows that she clearly knows what it s like to aim high and move past apparent physical and mental limits. Today, she is an assistant curator at National Ballpark Museum, a nonprofit museum in Denver, Colorado, where fans experience baseball in its purest form. Her baseball-playing husband, Bruce, is the museum curator. Dr. Hellerstein s daughters are National Champion dancers and stay fit through yoga, boot camps, and hiking.
