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Balance
and Agility
Eyelights stimulate the receptors of your non-dominant
eye, creating greater visual acuity. This will create
an increased perception of your surroundings, enhancing
coordination, resulting in more passes completed and
more shots on goal.
The
game of hockey requires that players turn, stop, skate,
and maneuver with only a thin skate blade between
their foot and the ice surface. For this reason, balance
and agility are of paramount importance to any player
trying to elevate his game. However, many players
cannot perform all skating functions on all four edges
of their skates. Instead, the player develops a side
of dominance (eye, hand, and foot) and plays the game
while utilizing only their strong side. 90% of the
game of hockey is skating, so equal output from both
the left and right sides of the body is crucial in
order to play the game at a higher level. Eyelights
promote bilateral output of both sides of the body
by stimulating the non-dominant eye, and therefore,
the non-dominant brain. Improvements in turning, stopping,
stability, stride length, crossovers, etc. will soon
follow.
Coordination
While hockey is 90% skating, the other 10% consists
of shooting, passing, and stick handling. Similar
to golf, hockey requires exceptional eye/hand coordination
because you must pass, shoot, and stick handle a small
puck using a stick that is 3-6 ft in length. Execution
is the key. Can you thread the needle with a pass
on a crucial power play situation? Can you put the
puck in the top corner while being pressured? These
complex, coordinated efforts are brain based in nature.
Since Eyelights stimulate the non-dominant side of
your brain, improvements to the hockey player's game
are profound.
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