Visio-spatial skills in athletes: comparison of rugby players and non-athletes

ConclusionThis study found that rugby players have an enhanced accommodation facility, saccadic eye movements, speed of recognition, peripheral awareness and hand –eye coordination, but not visual memory, when compared to non-athletes. These findings of a superiority of rugby players in specific VSS have broad implications for theories of sport vision, how best to select tests and in the development of sport-specific VSS testing batteries.
Source: Sport Sciences for Health - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research