Show Notes
My guest this week is Dr. Sherylle Calder. Sherylle was part of the staff that helped South Africa win the Rugby World Cup in 2007, having won the same tournament four years earlier in Australia with England. She's also worked in many other sports including Football, Cricket, NFL and Formula One and has also worked on an individual basis with some of the world's best athletes, such as Open Golf Champion, Ernie Els.
Her specialism, that she discovered as a young international hockey player, centres around vision and improving all aspects of that, not just with elite athletes, but also young children and CEO’s. We talked about embracing natural talent, seeing the whole picture, sifting what information is useful and what isn’t, critical non-essentials and the effect of mobile phones on elite sport and life in general. Its another one of those episodes where we cross into many different sports and skills and it was fascinating to hear from someone that has gone deep on one very particular skill and how that can influence so many other areas.
After chatting to Sherylle, I got straight onto her eye gym. It's a lot of fun and her website, eyegym.com is the best place to find out more about what Sherylle does and reach out to her and her team.
More About Dr Sherylle Calder: Website - eyegym.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-sherylle-calder-7850336/ Twitter - @sheryllecalder Twitter - @EyeGym_science Instagram - eyegym_science Show Notes - Show Notes - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-9-dr-sherylle-calder/#show-notes-e9
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