An Overlooked Problem: Athletes' Visual Needs.

"You didn't keep your eye on the ball," the coach shouts to the split end whom he removes from the game when he drops a pass, or to the quarterback who has just thrown the ball short and into the waiting hands of a defensive halfback. "Where were you looking?" asks the basketball coach of the player who has missed an easy pass under the basket. "Coach, I just didn't see it coming!" is the anguished reply.