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Presenter view · How Your Eyes Affect Performance · Grades 5–8 · PE · 25 minutes

Vision and Athletics

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Materials

  • Tennis balls or similar soft balls (one per pair)
  • Cones for marking stations (8–12)
  • Stopwatch or timer
  • Eye patches or paper/tape to cover one eye (optional)
  • Different colored balls or objects (for color recognition drill)
  • Optional: Student handouts (three levels available)

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Lesson · How Your Eyes Affect Performance · Grades 5–8 · PE · 25 minutes

Vision and Athletics

Students will understand how visual perception directly affects athletic performance, experience how depth perception and peripheral vision impact sports skills, and practice drills that improve hand-eye coordination and visual reaction time.

25minutes

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Hook 3 minInstruction 4 minActivity stations 15 minClosing 3 min

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The one-eye challenge 3 min

Quick demonstration: Ask for a volunteer. Have them stand 10 feet away and toss them a ball to catch—first with both eyes open (easy catch), then with one eye covered (much harder).

Ready

25:00

Print

  • Green Level handout More Support (PDF, opens in a new tab)
  • Yellow Level handout Grade Level (PDF, opens in a new tab)
  • Red Level handout Go Deeper (PDF, opens in a new tab)
  • Poster 1 Projector mode (opens in a new tab)
  • Lesson plan Teacher (PDF, opens in a new tab)

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