SENSORY & SPORTS VISION TRAINING IN PALATINE, IL
Neurocognitive, or visual and sensory, training optimizes how your body takes in and processes information. It’s not enough just to keep your eye on the ball.
What is Visual and Sensory Training?
Train your brain to respond in a way that makes use of all of your strength, agility, and range of motion. Peak motor function relies on good sensory input. Your vision is critical in making decisions about how your body stands and reacts to the world around you. See the difference for yourself by incorporating visual training exercises into your fitness routine.
Senaptec Strobe Glasses
Refine your mind every day. Senaptec Strobe Glasses can be used at our Senaptec Sensory Station, with your tablet or smart TV, and during physical training drills. With Senaptec Strobe Glasses, you can take our visual training exercises anywhere.
Senaptec Sensory Station
Starke Industries features a Senaptec Sensory Station to provide you with an immersive cognitive training experience. The Sensory Station assesses your 10 key sensorimotor skills, runs the visual training exercises, analyzes your performance, and develops a training plan optimized just for you.
Senaptec Tablet/App
Take your visual training exercises with you wherever you go. The Senaptec Tablet comes with 7 skills assessments along with all the training tools of the Sensory Station. Senaptec’s portable tablet allows you to train at home, in the gym, or on the go.
When coupled with the Senaptec Sensory Station’s visual training exercises, this immersive cognitive training experience enhances:
Visual Clarity
Good vision starts with clear data from the eyes.
Contrast Sensitivity
Detecting contrast is the beginning of vision and is critical for recognizing objects and faces.
Depth Perception
Judging depth assists in navigation, accurate timing, and proper anticipation for potential collision.
Near/Far Quickness
Changing focus quickly is important for movement, spatial judgment, and making timely decisions.
Peripheral Reaction
Moving hands quickly and accurately based on visual input is foundational to interaction with the world.
Multiple Object Tracking
Sensing the movement of multiple objects is crucial for spatial awareness and proper movement.
Reaction Time
Reacting quickly to a visual input is crucial to success in all areas of life.
Target Capture
Fast coordination between peripheral and central vision ensure you observe important information.
Hand/Eye Coordination
The ability to synchronize visual input with hand movements to perform tasks accurately and efficiently.
Athletes Known to Use Sensory Training Technology
Professional athletes including golfers, baseball players, NBA basketball stars, tennis pros, and more have incorporated cognitive training exercises into their athletic training programs. Reach elite levels with sport specific training for the mind and the body.
How Vision Affects Posture
Posture is influenced by how you see. If your visual clarity is limited, you may drift into a forward head posture that adds stress to your neck and upper back. Trouble judging depth can also lead you to tilt or turn your head to get a full view. Sensory training builds the visual skills behind those habits. If you have a diagnosed eye condition, check with your eye doctor first.
TESTIMONIALS
Strong and fast isn't enough if you see it late
You can have the strength, speed and range of motion, but every movement starts with what your eyes and brain pick up. If you read the play late, lose the ball in the lights, or miss a defender in your periphery, your body reacts late too.
Most athletes never test this. They train their muscles hard and leave the system that tells those muscles what to do to chance.
What the Senaptec Sensory Station tests, and why it matters in your sport
| Test | What it measures | Where it shows up |
|---|---|---|
| Visual clarity | How sharp your vision is | Targeting and spatial awareness in basketball and baseball |
| Contrast sensitivity | Picking out objects against busy or low-contrast backgrounds | Tracking the ball under lights or at dusk |
| Depth perception | Judging distance between objects | Spatial judgment in soccer and tennis |
| Near-far quickness | How fast you shift focus between near and far | Rapid focus changes in hockey and football |
| Target capture | How quickly you find and lock onto a new target | Quick target acquisition in volleyball and fencing |
| Perception span | Taking in and remembering a pattern at a glance | Reading the floor in basketball and rugby |
| Multiple object tracking | Following several moving objects at once | Situational awareness in soccer and other team sports |
| Reaction time | How fast you respond to what you see | Every sport |
| Eye-hand coordination | Syncing what you see with what your hands do | Timing and precision in baseball and cricket |
| Go/no-go | Deciding quickly and accurately whether to act | Split-second decisions under pressure |
Assess → Analyze → Train → Re-test
- Assess. You run all 10 tests on the Senaptec Sensory Station.
- Analyze. Your results are compared skill by skill, so you can see your strengths and your weakest links.
- Train. The station builds a training plan from your scores. You train at the station and work visual drills into your physical training, with strobe glasses where they fit.
- Re-test. Repeating the same tests shows which skills improved and where to focus next.
Who sensory training is for
- Athletes in fast, reactive sports: baseball, softball, basketball, hockey, soccer, volleyball, tennis and football
- Parents who want their athlete to read the game faster, not just run faster
- Adults who want quicker reactions and better balance and spatial awareness as they age
Part of the whole picture
Sensory results sit alongside your VALD force plate testing and biomechanical assessment, so your program trains how you see, how you move and how much force you produce together.
Sensory training FAQ
What is sensory or sports vision training?
Training that improves how your eyes and brain take in information and turn it into movement. That includes visual clarity, depth perception, tracking, reaction time and decision-making. It doesn't replace an eye exam. It trains the skills that sit on top of your eyesight.
What is the Senaptec Sensory Station?
A sensory testing and training system that measures 10 sensorimotor skills, analyzes your results, and builds a training plan from them. Starke Industries has one at our Palatine facility.
What does the assessment measure?
Visual clarity, contrast sensitivity, depth perception, near-far quickness, target capture, perception span, multiple object tracking, reaction time, eye-hand coordination and go/no-go decision-making.
Do I need perfect eyesight?
No. Wear your usual glasses or contacts. We test and train how you use the vision you have.
Which sports benefit most?
Any sport where you react to a ball, puck, opponent or teammate, especially baseball, softball, basketball, hockey, soccer, volleyball, tennis and football.
Can sensory training be combined with strength training?
Yes. Visual drills, including with strobe glasses, can be worked into physical training. Results are combined with your force plate and movement data.
How do I get started?
Reach out through our contact page or call (847) 750-3025. We'll talk about your goals and set up your sensory assessment at our Palatine facility.
See it sooner. React faster.
Test your 10 sensorimotor skills, train your weakest links, and re-test to see the change.
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At Starke Industries, the mission is to bridge the gap between the medical and fitness industries to optimize human performance. As the first stage of preventative medicine, evidence-based practices and comprehensive assessments, create customized data-driven training programs. This ensures the effectiveness, long-term health and the ability to reach full potential, whether you're an elite athlete or focused on overall fitness.
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