title: Sports vision and the high school student athlete.
abstract: Thorough sports vision evaluations (SVE) utilizing a 30-test battery of established sports vision tests, variations of commonly accepted procedures, and newly designed instruments and/or methods were performed by the Wisconsin Sports Vision Project (WSVP) staff on 232 teenage male and female high school student athletes. Tests are described and results reveal that a state tournament qualifying girls volleyball team (n = 8) demonstrated significantly better visual skills and abilities than 1) the male and female general high school athlete sample (n = 224), 2) the female athlete sample (n = 78), and 3) the other female volleyball players in the sample (n = 46) in some areas of dominant eye vision contrast sensitivity, distance judgement, dynamic visual acuity, tachistoscopic skills, low light and glare-affected vision.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Melcher
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Lund
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D013177:Sports; D014787:Vision Tests / Q000379:methods; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology