Alabama football is taking further measures to help their wide receivers train visual focus ahead of the Crimson Tide’s College Football Playoff matchup against Oklahoma.
This week, ESPN’s Holly Rowe spent some time on the practice fields with Alabama athletic trainer Jeff Allen, and she discovered that Strobe goggles from Senaptec are being used by Alabama’s wide receivers.
“The theory behind it is you obstruct the visual field to really make them focus more on the mechanics of the catch,” Allen said. “So the glasses will flash and obstruct their visual field, and really what we’re trying to get them to do is to watch the ball all the way in and watch it all the way in to their arm versus what you see a lot of receivers do where they think they’re going to make the catch and they take their eye off the ball and turn away and drop it.