12U DD just got contact lenses.
20/40 vision is now 20/15 with contacts.
What can I expect with regard to improvements to her game, I wonder?
As a pitcher, she can read the signs from the catcher "really well" now,
so I suppose that is an improvement right off the bat... lol!
Pre-vision correction she is a stand-out player.
2 K's across the whole Travel season, and hitting low to mid .400's this past Spring/Summer.
And very few fielding errors.
I would always would ask her: "how can you possibly see the ball to Hit? or catch a pop-fly"?
But her performance in games was great, so I never really pressed the issue too hard.
What prompted her, is that she is assigned a back-of-the-classroom seat in 3 or 4 classes this year,
and was having trouble seeing the front display board.
I can't help but recall the story of Olympic Bobsled driver Steven Holcomb.
He suffered from a degenerative eye disease, that slowly was robbing him of his vision.
Then he had a breakthough corrective procedure done which restored his vision to 20/20.
Winter Olympics - His vision restored, Steven Holcomb eyeing bobsled history in Sochi
[excerpt from the linked article]
until he learned to let condensation form on his visor to purposefully partially-obscure his vision,
and get back to more of "driving by feel".
Anyway...
You hear a lot about successful batters having a "loose, open focus".
Maybe my kid had that because she didn't have a choice? (joke)
I hope my kid doesn't bat worse with her newfound visual acuity...
Anyone have a tale of experience to share?
As a natural 20/20 with no experience with eye-correction I'm just curious
how kids typically respond to seeing better?
Should I expect dramatic changes? Or not really?
Thanks.
20/40 vision is now 20/15 with contacts.
What can I expect with regard to improvements to her game, I wonder?
As a pitcher, she can read the signs from the catcher "really well" now,
so I suppose that is an improvement right off the bat... lol!
Pre-vision correction she is a stand-out player.
2 K's across the whole Travel season, and hitting low to mid .400's this past Spring/Summer.
And very few fielding errors.
I would always would ask her: "how can you possibly see the ball to Hit? or catch a pop-fly"?
But her performance in games was great, so I never really pressed the issue too hard.
What prompted her, is that she is assigned a back-of-the-classroom seat in 3 or 4 classes this year,
and was having trouble seeing the front display board.
I can't help but recall the story of Olympic Bobsled driver Steven Holcomb.
He suffered from a degenerative eye disease, that slowly was robbing him of his vision.
Then he had a breakthough corrective procedure done which restored his vision to 20/20.
Winter Olympics - His vision restored, Steven Holcomb eyeing bobsled history in Sochi
[excerpt from the linked article]
That's right, the increased visual information actually made him a worse driver,"In a strange twist, however, when Holcomb returned to the bobsled track his driving got worse. He had grown so accustomed to piloting by feel that he was being distracted by visual cues."
until he learned to let condensation form on his visor to purposefully partially-obscure his vision,
and get back to more of "driving by feel".
Anyway...
You hear a lot about successful batters having a "loose, open focus".
Maybe my kid had that because she didn't have a choice? (joke)
I hope my kid doesn't bat worse with her newfound visual acuity...
Anyone have a tale of experience to share?
As a natural 20/20 with no experience with eye-correction I'm just curious
how kids typically respond to seeing better?
Should I expect dramatic changes? Or not really?
Thanks.
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