# Tennis Ball and Eye Patch Drills for Hand-Eye Coordination - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2117374503659651537 - Source account: [@LxngevityLab](https://x.com/LxngevityLab) - Source language: English - Duration: 3:49 - Published: 2026-11-03 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination) I want you... This actually involves us standing up- ... and using a tennis ball. So we're gonna train your visual cortex, ... and using a tennis ball. So we're gonna train your visual cortex, which sits at the back here in the occipital lobe. [0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=8) We're gonna train your, um, processing speed, your reaction time, your hand-eye coordination. One of the best exercises that you can do, physical exercises, is actually hand-eye coordination drills. Tennis, racket sports. [0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=20) But I'm gonna show you what five minutes a day can do for your cognitive reserve and your brain performance, just using a tennis ball and an eye patch. [0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=29) Okay. So first things first, I'm gonna give you this tennis ball. [0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=37) Yeah. And for the whole time, I want you to throw the ball with an overhand grip. [0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=42) Oh, like this? Yep. Okay. So I want you to just throw it with the right arm and catch with the right arm. [0:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=48) Over... I mean, what's this one saying? That underarm. [0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=51) I'm just checking the wall. Okay. Okay, so like- So you might wanna move back where the chair is. Okay, no, you're good. [0:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=58) Cut that. Cut that out. [1:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=63) Good. So now throw with the right and catch with the left and alternate. [1:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=69) Yep. Oh, okay. [1:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=75) You've got it. So what we're doing, we're engaging almost all the executive functions now. You've got hand- Oh, wow ... You should be able to do this for a minute, okay? [1:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=83) Okay. Now, we're gonna make it even harder. It's like placing weights on you. [1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=86) Go on, you do it as well. Well, I, I'm not gonna do the one with the eye patch. I'll do the next one. Okay. [1:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=91) So basically what you wanna do... And if you do it with a black ball, it's actually, oh, even better. [1:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=100) So now we're gonna make it a bit hard and a bit neurally demanding. [1:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=103) We're gonna put an eye patch on you, which is really gonna block out like 50% of the vision. [1:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=108) Okay. Which eye? Any eye. Let's do the left one. [1:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=113) Uh, let's see how many you can do. You... [1:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=114) I think you, we counted around eight before. [1:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=116) Like a pirate. Can I just get you to look here? [1:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=119) What? Wait, this is not flattering. Okay, cool. [2:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=125) Let's go. Oh, that's so different. Yeah. [2:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=127) Wow. This feels significantly harder. I know. Let's go. [2:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=131) This feels... No, this feels like really hard. [2:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=132) Let me just double-check. Fucking hell. Wow. [2:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=136) That's, that's really... That's so hard. [2:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=140) This is... There you go. You've got it. Ha, joking. [2:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=146) No. Okay, let's alternate now. It's easier. [2:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=147) Left hand, right hand. Left hand, right hand. Like this? [2:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=151) Yeah. You're training your visual system to work under load and under stress. So when you do this- Ah, fuck. [2:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=161) I'm interrupting you. No, it's okay. You got it. You got it. You got it. [2:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=167) Good, good, good. And then to even make it even harder- Mm-hmm ... okay, stand on your right foot. [2:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=173) Yeah. And put your other foot... There you go. [2:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=174) What, on one leg? Yep. Standing on one leg is now engaging the cerebellum. [3:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=180) Okay. We're getting spatial awareness. Let's go. Posture. [3:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=183) Left, right, left, right? Yep. Oh my gosh. [3:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=192) You got it. I wanna see you do it. With the eye patch on? [3:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=196) Yeah. Wow. [3:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=200) I mean, I can bare- Great, my eyelashes have gone now. [3:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=204) It's okay. We can AI that out. This actually looks great. [3:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=208) Okay, we ready? Well, I blame my nails. I blame my nails. Let's do it. [3:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/51wu5MUDONec/en/tennis-ball-and-eye-patch-drills-for-hand-eye-coordination?t=218) Okay. It's hard. It's so hard. And so what is this doing? It's- This is engaging executive functions pro-