Why Soccer Players Are Training in the Dark
Briefly

"The athlete will go inside of this box, and when they come out they'll be better prepared for their match or for their training," suggests Okkulo's founder, Mel O'Connor. The idea is simple: The more you train the processes that coordinate the eyes, body, and brain during difficult light conditions, the faster and more refined their coordination will become."
"Okkulo has shown that its specially lit training environment can improve players' visual-motor skills - and a growing number of sports are starting to test it out."
"I brace, as though waiting for the Death Star to ready its superlaser. One second passes. Two seconds. Clunk-pause- whoosh! A soccer ball fires from the illuminated hole, accelerating to 35 miles per hour and shooting through the darkness..."
Read at WIRED
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