Fielders
- Trouble reading the ball off the bat
- Difficulty getting a good jump on the ball
- Misreading and misplaying fly balls or ground balls
- Difficulty reacting to sharply hit grounders
Hitters
- Difficulty picking up rotation and location of pitches
- Poor judgment of pitch speed
Difficulty buntingThe following general/non-softball symptoms may indicate possible vision problems. If you notice these symptoms in yourself or someone you know, it may be a good idea to visit a vision provider for a diagnostic evaluation to find out what’s really going on.
Actions to look for
- Holding a book very close (7 or 8 inches away)
- Turning head to use only one eye
- Squinting for either near or far visual tasks
- Complains of seeing double or of blurred vision
- Covering or closing one eye while reading
- Moving head back and forth, rather than eyes, while reading
- Excessive rubbing of eyes during visual tasksReading, Writing, Listening
- Rereading or skipping words while reading
- Omitting letters, words or phrases
- Mistakes words with similar beginnings
- Miscalls or omits “small” words
- Losing place while reading
- Using a finger or marker to keep place
- Getting headaches during or after reading
- Misaligning digits in columns of numbers
- Writing which is difficult to read, is crowded or inconsistent in size
- Writing uphill or downhill
- Reversing letters or words (i.e. d for b or saw for was)
- Lip reading or whisper reading to verfiy comprehensionEyes and coordination
- Poor eye-hand coordination, for example difficulty with catching a ball
- Eyes that burn or itch
- Excessive blinking or watering of eyes
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