03/12/2026
When baseball became more demanding, your child may have started striking out or missing catches. Over time, frustration replaced fun. This may be caused by a functional vision problem.
Functional vision is how your entire visual system, the eyes, the brain and the visual pathways, work together to help you interact with your environment. Functional vision includes the following visual skill areas: eye teaming, eye focusing and eye movement.
Vision struggles often show up first when the game speeds up.