Visual Performance and Sports: A Scoping Review.

Vision is central to success in nearly all sports, and there is an emerging body of research investigating the links between visual abilities and athletic performance. This preregistered scoping review seeks to clarify the topics of study, methodologies used, populations under investigation, researchers, and disciplines driving this field. Systematic searches of English-language articles were conducted in PubMed and Web of Science, with additional literature identified through bibliographic searches.

Review: Vision and On-field Performance: A Critical Review of Visual Assessment and Training Studies with Athletes.

Sports vision is an emerging field that seeks to establish the relationships between visual function and sports performance. Here we provide the first critical review of empirical studies that attempt to link visual assessments and vision training to competitive game performance.Vision is essential to producing controlled movement, and therefore, it is intuitive that better visual abilities should relate to better sporting performance.

The Uses of Vision Data in Selecting Players for the Major League Baseball Draft.

Significance: This report illustrates the potential uses of vision data in helping teams select players during the draft.

Purpose: Visual performance has gradually gained recognition in baseball as a tool that can optimize on-field performance. It also may be useful in player development programs that gradually move players toward the major league.