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In this episode of the NeuroVision Edge Podcast, we sit down with Tom Swales, a world-renowned physiotherapist, strength coach, and educator with over 20 years of experience helping elite athletes, clinicians, and coaches unlock higher performance through the nervous system.

Tom is the Founder of the Advanced Movement Therapist Certification, now used by clinicians worldwide, and the Clinical Director of COMPHYSIO+ Performance Wellness. He has trained and certified hundreds of physiotherapists, chiropractors, and coaches, led medical care at the Toronto Pan Am Games, and worked with Olympic-level athletes including the Canadian Men’s Alpine Ski Team.

In this powerful conversation, Tom breaks down:

- Why pain, plateaus, and poor recovery are often nervous system problems, not strength problems
- How movement quality, vision, balance, and autonomic regulation are deeply connected
- The real reason traditional rehab and training models fail long-term
- How clinicians and athletes can assess readiness, stress, and recovery using nervous system metrics
- His personal journey surviving a life-threatening infection in 2023, and how it reshaped his understanding of resilience, healing, and regulation
- We also dive into Tom’s SAM Scan, a practical nervous system assessment tool now used globally by performance and rehab professionals.

👉 Access the SAM Scan Mini Course here:
https://www.amtcertified.ca/sam-scan-mini-course

If you are a coach, clinician, athlete, or high performer looking to understand how the brain, eyes, and nervous system drive performance, this episode will change how you train and recover forever.

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⏱️ Chapters & Timestamps

00:00 – Introduction to Tom Swales and his background
03:12 – Why performance issues are often nervous system issues
08:45 – Pain, compensation, and why rehab plateaus happen
15:10 – The role of vision and sensory input in movement quality
22:40 – Nervous system regulation vs traditional strength training
30:05 – How elite athletes manage readiness and recovery
38:20 – Inside the SAM Scan and how clinicians use it
45:55 – Tom’s life-threatening infection and recovery journey
53:30 – Resilience, stress, and autonomic balance
01:01:10 – Practical takeaways coaches and athletes can apply today
01:07:45 – Final thoughts and where to follow Tom

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Welcome back to The NeuroVision Edge Podcast! In this episode, we sit down with Joey Cunha, a highly respected figure in the baseball and softball industry, known for his innovative approaches to player development. Joey is the CEO of The Form System and an MLB hitting coach consultant, having worked with top professional athletes, All-Stars, and even potential Hall of Famers. With years of experience across youth, college, and professional baseball, Joey has developed a unique approach to skill acquisition, internal cueing, and holistic athlete development that consistently helps players reach their highest potential.

In this deep-dive episode, we discuss:

How to identify the fastest way to improve an athlete using experience, observation, and feedback

The difference between internal and external cues and how elite hitters use them effectively

The role of holistic development: mind, body, and environment

Techniques to build athlete awareness and decision-making under pressure

Why peer-reviewed studies often lag behind real-world training practices for elite athletes

Practical progressions, regressions, and drills that accelerate growth

The concept of destination cues and how they guide the body to naturally find the correct movement

How to apply skill acquisition science in both practice and game situations

Joey also shares insightful stories from working with MLB players, emphasizing the importance of understanding context, connecting athletes with the right resources, and how even small cues can have massive impacts on performance. Whether you’re a coach, athlete, or parent, this episode is packed with actionable strategies to help athletes perform at the elite level.

If you want to train like a pro, improve your hitting mechanics, and gain an edge in competition, this episode is a must-watch.

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https://www.shahneurovision.com/
Over 80% of an athlete's performance depends on visual skills. Our training helps you react faster, track moving objects, improve coordination, strengthen focus and anticipation. Visit Shah NeuroVision Sports Training.

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Most golfers think their problem is mechanics.
In reality, it often starts before the swing, inside the brain and the eyes.

In this episode of The NeuroVision Edge Podcast, Dr. Shah sits down with Dr. Eugenio Grosso, an elite blend of coach, clinician, and athlete. With over 20 years as an optometrist, nearly 18 years as a PGA golf instructor, and direct experience working with competitive golfers, Dr. Grasso explains why many players struggle with alignment, putting, and consistency without ever realizing the root cause.

This conversation goes deep into eye dominance, visual perception, posture, and compensation patterns that quietly sabotage performance, especially in right eye dominant golfers playing right-handed.

In this episode, you will learn:
- Why right eye dominant golfers often struggle aiming from right to left
- How the nose and head position distort putting alignment without you noticing
- Why ball lines sometimes make putting worse, not better
- The hidden reason many golfers feel “off” even when perfectly aligned
- What happens when golfers stop trusting their vision and start compensating
- When vision training helps and when mechanics matter more
- How eye dominance affects slicing, path, and angle of attack
- What young golfers should be assessed for before they ever hit a ball
- Why changing sides after years of playing can be dangerous
- How progressive lenses and age over 40 impact golf vision
- The simple alignment check every golfer and coach should know

This is not theory.
This is practical insight from someone who understands golf from three angles at once: player, coach, and doctor.

If you are a golfer, coach, parent of a junior athlete, or anyone serious about long-term performance, this episode will change how you think about training.

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ADHD in sports is one of the most misunderstood topics today. Is it a hidden superpower that gives athletes enhanced awareness and hyperfocus, or does it quietly destroy performance, vision, and consistency?

In this special episode of the NeuroVision Edge Podcast, we bring in two expert guests who live and work with ADHD in both clinical and real athletic settings:

• Dr. Seth Fallon, PAC
Board Certified Physician Assistant at Area Community Health Centers serving Avanel, Hanford, and Riverdale. He is a former athlete, a premed biology graduate from Reinhardt University, and brings firsthand experience managing ADHD in performance environments.

• Dr. VJ Krishna, MD
Family Medicine and Obesity Management specialist practicing in Hanford, California and two other locations. A graduate of St. George University School of Medicine, he brings a medical, neurological, and personal perspective on ADHD and its impact on lifelong performance.

Together with Dr. Shah, all three providers discuss how ADHD affects sport performance from the inside out. They break down the neuroscience, the real athlete struggles, the hidden advantages, and the exact mental skills needed to rewire the ADHD brain for elite level results.

You will learn:
• Why athletes with ADHD process vision, timing, and movement differently
• Whether ADHD is truly a superpower or a serious hindrance
• How hyperfocus can make athletes dangerous on the field
• Why ADHD often affects eye muscle control, depth perception, and tracking
• Why many ADHD athletes struggle with flow state and how to fix it
• How pattern recognition and anticipation separate good from elite
• What parents and coaches must understand about ADHD development
• The speculation around Kobe Bryant and ADHD medication
• The mental rewiring techniques that turn distraction into domination

This episode is packed with science, real stories, and high level performance insights every athlete and parent needs to hear.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:00 ADHD superpower or hindrance debate
05:40 Hyperfocus and sport awareness
11:20 Pattern recognition and anticipation
18:00 ADHD vision issues and reaction time
24:30 Why ADHD stops many athletes from going pro
30:10 Kobe Bryant ADHD speculation
36:00 Rewiring the ADHD brain
45:00 Flow state frameworks
52:00 Final takeaways

#adhdtiktok #ADHDAthletes #sportsperformance #flowstate #sportsvision #AthleteMindset #ReactionTime #BrainTraining #youthsports #eliteathlete #sportspsychology #mentalperformancecoach #adhdcoaching #athletedevelopment #neurovision

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🎙️ The NeuroVision Edge Podcast — where elite performance meets science.

https://www.shahneurovision.com/
Over 80% of an athlete's performance depends on visual skills. Our training helps you react faster, track moving objects, improve coordination, strengthen focus and anticipation. Visit Shah NeuroVision Sports Training.

https://www.sportsvision.pro/
Looking for a trusted sports doctor? Click here to connect sports vision doctor and get the expert care you need. Your journey back to peak performance starts now!

Learn more about vector ball here: https://eyeonballinc.com/?ref=Neurovision

What if the real secret behind elite basketball performance is not strength, not speed, and not talent, but the way you use your eyes?

In this episode of the NeuroVision Edge Podcast, I sit downdown with Jon, better known as The Basketball Monk, to reveal the hidden systems inside an athlete’s brain that shape shooting precision, game IQ, and reaction speed.

This is the episode athletes and coaches will want to watch twice. Every topic hits a real performance problem players struggle with daily.

🔥 What You Will Learn From this Episode

• The real reason great shooters look so calm under pressure
You will learn how gaze stability controls shot consistency and why poor eye anchoring destroys accuracy without the athlete ever realizing it.

• Why most players warm up the wrong way
John and Dr. Shah explain why activation drills must target the visual and vestibular systems before anything else if you want true game ready sharpness.

• The science behind elite decision making
Discover how the brain processes visual cues faster when peripheral awareness and depth perception are trained the right way.

• The secret link between balance, posture, and shooting mechanics
Find out how visual misalignment disrupts footwork rhythm and how a simple correction unlocks cleaner movement.

• How vision training exposes weaknesses you cannot see on film
You will hear the exact tests, metrics, and data patterns Dr. Shah uses to profile athletes and find hidden performance blocks.

• Activation drills you can use today
Simple but powerful vision and vestibular resets that instantly improve clarity, timing, and coordination before games.

• Why high level athletes often train their eyes without knowing it
John and Dr. Shah break down common basketball habits that already stimulate visual pathways, and how to level them up intentionally.

• Breathing, nervous system control, and why your eyes respond to stress
Learn how breath patterns regulate visual processing and why stressed eyes miss more shots.

• Why tunnel vision kills court awareness
A clear explanation of how narrow focus limits passing reads, defensive reactions, and offensive flow.

Timestamps

0:00 Intro to today’s guest and episode
0:36 How elite players use activation drills
1:00 Where to start with vision training for pro athletes
1:30 Data collection and performance mapping
2:50 How pro teams use neurovisual analytics
3:55 Do athletes actually know they are doing vision training
5:00 Safe foundation drills any coach can start with
6:10 Activation vs long term neurovisual training
7:00 Basketball specific eye stretches
8:00 Vestibular and ocular activation
9:00 How depth perception and gaze stability affect shooting
10:30 Using breathing to calm the nervous system
11:45 Expanding peripheral awareness
12:40 Why athletes struggle with tunnel vi

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🎙️ The NeuroVision Edge Podcast — where elite performance meets science.

https://www.shahneurovision.com/
Over 80% of an athlete's performance depends on visual skills. Our training helps you react faster, track moving objects, improve coordination, strengthen focus and anticipation. Visit Shah NeuroVision Sports Training.

https://www.sportsvision.pro/
Looking for a trusted sports doctor? Click here to connect sports vision doctor and get the expert care you need. Your journey back to peak performance starts now!

Learn more about vector ball here: https://eyeonballinc.com/?ref=Neurovision

Unlock the real science behind athletic performance in this episode of the NeuroVision Edge Podcast featuring Marcus Shrier, a leading coach at the NeuroTraining Institute. Marcus blends neuroscience, sensory training, and athletic performance to help athletes see faster results, improve processing speed, and dominate on the field.

In this conversation we break down vision training, vestibular drills, movement optimization, metrics, and how to translate neuroscience directly into better performance.

If you are an athlete, parent, or coach, this episode will show you how the brain, eyes, and vestibular system are the real foundation of elite performance.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction to heartbeat detection and neurotraining
00:29 How Marcus blends neuroscience with athletic performance
01:18 Marcus’ journey from sports to neuroscience
03:36 Why vision and vestibular training matter in 2025
05:53 Translating research into actual on-field performance
07:30 Vestibular drills, scanning, balance, and cognitive load

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🎙️ The NeuroVision Edge Podcast — where elite performance meets science.

https://www.shahneurovision.com/
Over 80% of an athlete's performance depends on visual skills. Our training helps you react faster, track moving objects, improve coordination, strengthen focus and anticipation. Visit Shah NeuroVision Sports Training.

https://www.sportsvision.pro/
Looking for a trusted sports doctor? Click here to connect sports vision doctor and get the expert care you need. Your journey back to peak performance starts now!

Unlock the real secrets behind elite hitting. In this episode of the NeuroVision Edge Podcast, world class hitting coach Ralph Herrera joins us to break down the evolution of hitting, modern biomechanics, body type based movement patterns, visual demands in baseball, and the drills that actually create better hitters.

If you want to understand why some hitters progress faster, why others stay stuck, and how biomechanics, visual performance, neuroscience, and mechanics all work together, this episode will change the way you train.

We cover hitting asymmetries, posture patterns, rotation, stopping power, water bag drills, resistance training, and how to build hitters who move efficiently and stay healthy.

Perfect for baseball players, softball players, parents, coaches, player development staff, and performance trainers.

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#baseballhitting #hittingmechanics #baseballtraining #playerdevelopment #SoftballHitting #baseballpodcast #EliteHitters #BaseballBiomechanics #hittingcoach #neurovisionedge #athletedevelopment #baseballtips #MLBTraining #youthbaseball #visiontraining #baseballperformance

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🎙️ The NeuroVision Edge Podcast — where elite performance meets science.

https://www.shahneurovision.com/
Over 80% of an athlete's performance depends on visual skills. Our training helps you react faster, track moving objects, improve coordination, strengthen focus and anticipation. Visit Shah NeuroVision Sports Training.

https://www.sportsvision.pro/
Looking for a trusted sports doctor? Click here to connect sports vision doctor and get the expert care you need. Your journey back to peak performance starts now!

Learn more about vector ball here: https://eyeonballinc.com/?ref=Neurovision

Why do athletes perform perfectly in practice—but fall apart when the game starts?
In this episode of NeuroVision Edge, I sit down with Travis from See The Game, a neurosport performance coach who helps athletes unlock elite-level visual and cognitive performance.

Travis Stewart, MSc., is the founder of See The Game, a performance training system that helps athletes develop elite-level visual and cognitive skills. With a background in sports performance coaching and visual reaction training, he’s worked with athletes across football, baseball, hockey, and basketball to help them see faster, think clearer, and react under pressure.

His approach bridges neuroscience and athletic performance, showing players how to process information faster and make better split-second decisions in competition. Through See The Game, Travis has built a reputation for transforming how athletes train their minds and eyes—not just their bodies.

They break down:
⚡ Why vision is more than just 20/20 eyesight
⚡ The REAL reason athletes make poor decisions under pressure
⚡ How to train your brain and eyes to react faster
⚡ The drills that separate pros from amateurs
⚡ Why reaction time predicts success in football, baseball, and beyond

Whether you’re a football player, baseball hitter, or basketball guard, this episode gives you the edge to see more, think faster, and dominate under pressure.

📩 Work smarter. Train your vision. Upgrade your game.

🧩 Timestamps:
00:00 - Why athletes perform worse in games
02:05 - What “See The Game” really means
05:30 - Vision beyond 20/20
08:00 - Cognitive and visual enhancement explained
12:40 - Reaction time and elite performance
18:20 - Simple at-home reaction drills
24:00 - Football and baseball: biggest vision gains

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