I am a sophomore in high school and I have played baseball since I was seven years old.  Although I have never been the best player on the field, I was the player who always practiced longer and harder than any other member of my team.  Since I started playing, I have always struggled with seeing the ball as it came across the plate, or judging a fly ball in the outfield.

In October of last year I was chosen to play on a 16U team for Brooklyn Baseball Academy.  After the coach watched me practice for a couple of months, he pulled me aside one day and had me take a depth perception test which I failed.  He asked my Mom to have my vision tested, especially my depth perception.  Now for the last nine months, I have been a patient at Washington Vision Therapy Center.

Dr. Winters and my therapist James focused a lot of my therapy lessons around baseball.  As a result of these lessons, I now am able to judge a fly ball in the outfield, and see the ball all the way as it crosses the plate.  Because of my nine months of intense vision therapy, I was able to play approximately 50 games this summer as a pitcher and left fielder and never made an error in the field.  For me, this is something I never thought could have been possible.

The second semester of my freshman year, I made the honor roll for the first time.  Reading and seeing in the classroom has become easier and less stressful, and studying has become easier and less of a struggle. Vision Therapy has also helped with my driving; this summer I turned 16 and got my driver’s license.  I am now able to judge distances better, and feel I am a much better driver because of my therapy lessons.

Because of Dr. Winters and James I am now able to perform at a higher level in the sport that I love, BASEBALL, and I have the confidence to know I can do anything I set out to do.