It's the 1st October 2021 and its the launch of our brand new e-commerce store Lightning Sports. www.lightning-sports.co.uk comes from the team at Flicx UK that have brought you the 2G Flicx Pitch and have been the UK distributors for Crazy Catch for over a decade. Our passion has always been for supplying, innovative, top quality sports products that will improve your game and our new store takes this to the next level.
The niche that encompasses Sports Vision Training, Reactions, Hand Eye Co-ordination and Cognitive Decision Making has long been a fascinating one for me. Take a read of some of these statements ...
- "One’s ability to track objects can improve with practice"
- "90% of sports decisions are made with your eyes"
- "Developing visual skills will give athletes a competitive advantage that will last"
yet it strikes me in my own experience of sports training (mainly in sports like hockey, football and golf) as well as connecting with various coaches, its such an under practiced area and perhaps there isn't yet enough understanding of the topic. Ahead of a match we warm up our bodies yet we often don't warm up our eyes, brain or practice any of the decisions that we might need to make in the upcoming match ... the classic unopposed box shooting drill springs to mind here!!
The other part to our thinking behind starting Lightning Sports has been our experiences with running our online stores since the pandemic started. We can be closer than ever to our customers needs and with Brexit, it is often not feasible for products developed outside the UK to trade with UK customers so again we see an opportunity in this developing niche to bring really cool new training aids to the UK market. We will be launching with some new Crazy Catch Vision Training bundles and exclusive Vision Ball packs PLUS we have the awesome HECOstix in stock. HECOstix stands for hand eye co-ordination stix and requires athletes to catch the colour called which forces you to watch and focus your eyes and brain throughout. This product will be a game changer for professional athletes across all sports as well as coaches and teams (as well as being a great fun tool for schools or home use) ... watch this space for some more top products coming to Lightning Sports soon and do connect with us via our Instagram, Website or get in touch with us directly.