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SPORTS VISUAL SKILLS BASIC TESTS SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT/
EMPLOYED IN EYE TESTS THAT CAN BE USED
EXAMINATION

All ball Ocular alignment, ocular motility, Cover test, pen torch, Howell phoria cards, brock string
sports accommodation, convergence, saccadic/ re-fixation flipper accomodation test
stereopsis tests, near point rule,
random dot tests,
Cricket Anticipation (batting), Hand-eye Occulomotor balance Bassin anticipation timer, Sports
response (fielding), Accuracy of tests vision trainer (STV), Wayne
fixation and binocular stability saccadic fixator, STV
Football Foot-eye coordination, Peripheral Mallet unit Modified saccadic fixator, STV,
awareness Peripheral awareness trainer, STV
Sailing Ocular motility, Peripheral Confrontation test Peripheral awareness trainer, STV
awareness peripheral fields

Snooker Ocular alignment, stereopsis, Pen torch, Confrontation Eye dominance, brockstring,
Vergence control test peripheral fields Vectograms
Netball Depth perception and stereopsis, Cover test, Maddox rod, Peripheral awareness trainer, SVT
Peripheral awareness random dot test mallet
unit, pencil to nose test

Athletics – Peripheral awareness Random dot test, Peripheral awareness trainer, SVA
track and Confrontation peripheral
field field
Tennis Dynamic visual acuity, Confrontation test DVA-tests, Peripheral awareness
Peripheral awareness, Hand–eye peripheral fields trainer, SVT, Wayne saccadic
coordination fixator, SVT
Boxing Accuracy of fixation and Confrontation test
binocular stability peripheral field
Hockey Dynamic VA, Hand-eye Mallet unit DVA-tests
coordination
Wayne saccadic fixator, SVA

TABLE 2.0 VISUAL SKILLS REQUIRED IN SOME POPULAR SPORTS AND EXAMPLES OF TESTS TO INCLUDE OR
EQUIPMENT TO USE IN THE SPORTS VISION EVALUATION 14-18

3. Effector Mechanism: If the decision the athlete. Personal participation in known as kinetic visual acuity and it
mechanism selects a motor the sport activity by the practitioner is the visual acuity that is measured
response, the relevant information offers the most intimate insights into when either the target or the athlete is
is passed, this helps in controlling the visual task demands encountered in motion.
and organising the sequence by the athlete. Visual characteristics Depth Perception: Stereoscopic
of desired movement. It can comprise the visual task demands
control a movement during its of any sport activity. A series of task vision is the ability to judge the relative
distances of objects from the athlete
execution and evaluate the final subcategories is presented and can be
result which allows changes to be used to develop a profile of the salient by means of binocular vision (using
both eyes). Stereopsis is of utmost
made in the future. features involved in a sport. 6-9
importance in any sports where
VISUAL SKILLS AND Static Visual Acuity: This is the the relative distance of moving or
ANALYSIS IN VARIOUS degree of detail that can be seen in stationary objects need to be judged
SPORTS an object or the ability of the eyes to with great precision.
resolve differing sizes of objects at
A practitioner’s depth of various distances e.g. Archery, pistol Eye Movements (Ocular
knowledge concerning a sport activity shooting and darts. Motilities): Ability of the athlete
provides the foundation for delivering to accurately use his/her two eyes
the highest quality vision care for Dynamic Visual Acuity: Is also together to fixate on an object or

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