Sep 16, 2026 · 30 min · 6 segments
In Episode 13 we dig into the difference between static vision and the kind of visual control athletes actually need in motion. We focus on how vision, vestibular input, and body position affect…
So it is a measurement based on static visual, like static acuity, which is sharpness, right? So if I sit a certain number of feet or meters away from something, a chart, which Nikki mentioned Snellen chart, which is basically that is your eye chart that you like starts with a big E and actually there's one behind me.
What's important is actually not just being able to see while you're sitting still, but to be able to see clearly while, for dancers and gymnasts, like they are in motion.
They're generally not tracking, unless you do rhythmic gymnastics, you're not tracking something that also is moving.
So things like spotting, right? Even if it's not a fast turn, just like a slow rotational turn, tumbling, obviously, running towards the vault table, a release, you're flipping.
When you've come to find the bar, can you actually see it clearly and quickly? It affects your balance, and of course, it's going to affect landing.
It's something that a standard test that you do or you get at the optometrist is not going to reveal for you at all.
Because, I mean, I guess a lot of life, if you're at school, you're sitting, so it simulates that.
But there's a more than zero chance that your acuity is going to change when you change body positions.
Why is that exam seated? Why isn't it standing? And why isn't it walking? Like, just like basic things that we do, you know, and what, you know, our vision changes constantly.
So it is a measurement based on static visual, like static acuity, which is sharpness, right? So if I sit a certain number of feet or meters away from something, a chart, which Nikki mentioned Snellen chart, which is basically that is your eye chart that you like starts with a big E and actually there's one behind me.
What's important is actually not just being able to see while you're sitting still, but to be able to see clearly while, for dancers and gymnasts, like they are in motion.
They're generally not tracking, unless you do rhythmic gymnastics, you're not tracking something that also is moving.
So things like spotting, right? Even if it's not a fast turn, just like a slow rotational turn, tumbling, obviously, running towards the vault table, a release, you're flipping.
When you've come to find the bar, can you actually see it clearly and quickly? It affects your balance, and of course, it's going to affect landing.
It's something that a standard test that you do or you get at the optometrist is not going to reveal for you at all.
Because, I mean, I guess a lot of life, if you're at school, you're sitting, so it simulates that.
But there's a more than zero chance that your acuity is going to change when you change body positions.
Why is that exam seated? Why isn't it standing? And why isn't it walking? Like, just like basic things that we do, you know, and what, you know, our vision changes constantly.
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