Discoloration of sports and military items for vision training

摘要

Findings by sports optometrists conclude that sporting hand eye coordination is improved when high color contrast between figure and ground exist. Ground is defined as any and all possible background coloring. Figure herein refers to the prime sports objects; soccer balls, baseballs, footballs, bowling pins, handballs, lawn bowling posts, pucks, ringette rings, horseshoe pins, polo balls, golf balls, ping pong balls, badminton birds, hand balls, volleyballs, racquet balls and any military targets, that can be made available in discolored selections, including but not limited to; green, blue, white, two color combinations such as but not limited to; white and gray, red and white yellow and white. Military targets may be prepared in camouflage, or any colors expected to be replication of critical naturally anticipated backgrounds. Among these are the greens and browns of earth, blue and blue-green of sea, and various blues and cloud conditions of the sky and dark shades of night. High contrast improves visual performance and the accompanying hand eye or hand foot coordination needed in athletics leading to improved sport performance. It hence follows that practicing with discolored contrast, referred herein as specific discoloration of the prime sports object, and military targets, challenges the athlete to elevate visual competence and performance. Training the eyes to handle less agreeable colors by use of the method described improves the visual acuity and associated hand-eye or foot-eye coordination to raise athletic performance in contests and games and military performance in battle.