11-02-2010, 06:39 PM
Hey guys. I'd like to start a thread on eye exercises we can incorporate into activities we do. I think this would be beneficial to everyone and will allow people to spend more time on eye exercises everyday.
Juggling - Open (Soft) Focus Exercise
Haven't juggled in awhile, but just picked it up again when I realized you can practice soft focus while doing it.
For those of you who don't know what soft focus is, I'll try my best to explain it -- kind of confusing. When we stare at something, we typically just put all our focus on that object or point causing us to strain our eyes. In soft focus, we focus our eyes on an object/point, however, we don't limit our visual field to that object, we open up our peripherals to see the whole picture so that we can see the object as well as everything around it. When you do this, you'll almost feel like you eyes are even looking at the object/point at all because there's no strain to focus your eyes on just one object/point.
So to integrate this exercise into juggling, it's pretty simple. Find something in front of you to let your eyes soft focus on. Once you start juggling, you will automatically start using your peripherals because to juggle correctly, you have to open up your visual field to see all the balls at once.
Driving - Shifting Exercise
This one I read from one of the books. When you're driving, check your mirrors more often than you usually do it to practice shifting. For example, you can look forward, then look at speedometer, then left sideview, then rearview.
Juggling - Open (Soft) Focus Exercise
Haven't juggled in awhile, but just picked it up again when I realized you can practice soft focus while doing it.
For those of you who don't know what soft focus is, I'll try my best to explain it -- kind of confusing. When we stare at something, we typically just put all our focus on that object or point causing us to strain our eyes. In soft focus, we focus our eyes on an object/point, however, we don't limit our visual field to that object, we open up our peripherals to see the whole picture so that we can see the object as well as everything around it. When you do this, you'll almost feel like you eyes are even looking at the object/point at all because there's no strain to focus your eyes on just one object/point.
So to integrate this exercise into juggling, it's pretty simple. Find something in front of you to let your eyes soft focus on. Once you start juggling, you will automatically start using your peripherals because to juggle correctly, you have to open up your visual field to see all the balls at once.
Driving - Shifting Exercise
This one I read from one of the books. When you're driving, check your mirrors more often than you usually do it to practice shifting. For example, you can look forward, then look at speedometer, then left sideview, then rearview.
