What do leadoff hitter for the Orioles, Brian Roberts, Reds center fielder Ken Griffey, Reds closer Danny Graves, Red Sox pitchers Bronson Arroyo and Mike Timlin, Twins catcher Joe Mauer, Tennis player Roger Federerhave and many more celebrity sports stars have in common?
They have
all taken to wearing the latest performance enhancing eyewear available. Not some new set of sunglasses but scientifically developed sports contact lenses. Known as performance-enhancing contact lenses, they were designed to help hitters pick up the seams on the ball better and to protect the eyes from the sun. "They're almost like wearing sunglasses without wearing sunglasses," Roberts says. "I could tell such a huge difference right away that I was willing to give them a shot." Brian Roberts first tried on his new contact lenses about an hour before the Orioles' last spring training game in Florida. He ripped three hits on a day his teammates groused about the difficulties of seeing the ball in the bright sun shining from a cloudless sky.
The University of Miami has 20 athletes on its football, baseball, tennis and track teams wearing them.
The lenses come in two variations, gray-green and amber to suite different types of sports. The gray-green lenses are best suited to stationary sports like golf whereas the amber lenses are best suited to speed sports like baseball, tennis, soccer etc.
The gray-green lenses allow golfers to better differentiate the shades of green on a golf course. Golfer Justin Leonard has commented that with the gray-green lenses he is able to separate out every blade of grass.
Baseball players benefit most from the amber lenses because amber blocks out blue light which is called "visual noise" by vision experts while the red colors, such as a baseball's seams, are accentuated.
A CBS Report: Super Lenses For MLB Stars
Amber: Blocks high amounts of blue light to heighten contrast and visual acuity. Particularly useful to improve contrast on grass and against blue skies.
Sports: baseball, softball, football, cycling, fishing (especially in waters with grassy bottoms), golf, hunting, skiing, water sports.
Grey Green: Heightens contrast (mildly) while preserving color balance and reduces brightness.
Sport: golf
Bolle Blue: blocks blue light to heighten contrast and visual acuity.
Sports: Football, Tennis
Green: Heightens contrast (mildly) while preserving color balance.
Application: Use in bright outdoor light
Yellow: Heightens contrast in overcast, hazy, low-light conditions outdoors or for indoor sports. Filters blue light for sharper focus
Sports: Hunting, Football (night games)
Sun Tac: Reduces overall brightness while preserving 100 percent normal color recognition.
Applications: Great for outdoor sports, especially running.
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- Base Curve:Custom Made
- Diameter: Custom Made
- Material:45% Methafilcon A 55% water or Hioxifilcon (for dry eyes)
- Power Range: Custom, Toric Available
- High quality Vial lens
- Tints: Amber, Grey Green, Bolle Blue, Green, Yellow, Sun Tac
- Edge to Edge tint or Central Zone Only tint available.
- Conventional Wear-Lathe Cut, With Proper Care Will Last Up To One Year (Daily Wear- Not Extended Wear for Wearing While Sleeping.
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Marietta optometry is proud to announce our own range of sports contact lenses. Contact our office to see for yourself the major advantages that these cutting edge contact lenses offer.
Call (770) 792-0208
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