Dr Sherylle Calder: Vision
Simon sits down with elite sports visual skills coach Dr Sherylle Calder to explore vision, and to find out to what degree mobile phones are making us slow, clumsy and stupid.
Everyone knows the importance of training the body. Some people value training the mind. But how many of us train our eyes? This week Simon sits down with Dr Sherylle Calder, creator of the 鈥榚ye gym鈥� and the world鈥檚 top visual skills coach who helped England lift the Rugby World Cup in 2003 and South Africa win it in 2007. She鈥檚 now back with England rugby, and has noticed a radical drop in the skills in elite athletes over the last six years, which has coincided with the increased use of smartphones and social media. But it鈥檚 not just elite athletes who are being affected, it鈥檚 affecting reading and comprehension skills in schools, it鈥檚 making drivers drive worse and it鈥檚 affecting productivity in business. People are training themselves to be distracted by smartphones, which she refers to as 鈥榙igital cocaine鈥�. Simon and Sherylle explore just how serious the situation is, and what you can do to minimise the risk you face from your phone.
