Applied Neuroscience
Applied neurology for founders, professionals, athletes, students, shooters, and tactical professionals. Vision training targets the 60+ brain regions behind performance, so you can show up sharper in your arena AND still have gas in the tank when you get home to the people who count on you.
Not vision therapy. Not sports psychology. Not mindset work.
"I do the base drills nightly. I wake up functional. Before, I had a hard time dragging myself out of bed. Now I know my brain was constantly fighting itself."
Rachelle M. · Columbia, KY
"First day, my right shoulder (chronic pain since 11th grade) relaxed and hasn't needed the chiropractic care it used to require every three months."
David R. · San Antonio, TX
"Mike taught me a few neuro drills that had an almost instant positive impact. It was like magic."
Tim Schmidt · Founder & CEO, USCCA
Heard on (business · health · performance)
As seen, heard, and featured on (tactical · firearms)
One System, Five Wins
Few know that we can use the visual system to help the underperforming parts of the brain work better AND calm down the overactive parts...oftentimes in minutes after having tried "everything" else. When we do, clients oftentimes report (results vary) simultaneous improvements across these 5 areas:
In your chosen arena. Business, sport, tactical, academic.
Fewer scattered days. More deep-work stretches on demand.
Faster, cleaner calls under stress. Less second-guessing.
Fall asleep faster. Wake up more recovered.
Many clients report less headache, less back tension, less eye strain.
This came from testing I did with over 1,000 shooters. An excellent increase in speed+accuracy at the end of a 2-3 day class is 20%.
The average improvement in speed+accuracy that I saw after using the 5-10 minute NeuroSync Protocol was 20%. 3 days = 1,440 minutes / 5 = 288X. If it was 2 days of gains compressed into 10 minutes, it would be 96X faster.
Either way, the results are dramatic.
And we've seen similar results in how quickly people are able to improve focus, pay attention, fall asleep, putt accurately, hit free throws, hit pickleball shots, read, and much more.
The Critical Distinction
Understanding this difference is what unlocks neurological performance.
How sharply you see. 20/20 and so on. Fixed easily with glasses or contacts.
60+ brain regions coordinate eye movement, attention, and performance. Improvable at any age. Oftentimes in minutes.
Where People Notice The Shift
Educational information from clients who have worked with these protocols. Individual results vary.
Many experience a same-day improvement in afternoon brain fog...oftentimes we see measurable results in minutes.
Blurring, losing your place, headaches after reading. Not "just stress." Specific protocols address the underlying processing.
Besides falling, balance is oftentimes a limiting factor on speed, power output, and even mental performance when sitting at a computer...and it can be improved with vision training.
When we shift the brain from reactive mode to executive mode, we improve focus & attention and turn ADHD from a struggle to a superpower.
When we directly calm the parts of the brain responsible for feeling "stressed" we oftentimes get relief in minutes or seconds.
Documented gains averaging 288x faster than traditional training across 1,000+ shooters, athletes, and executives.
When we upregulate energy production and activation of the executive centers using simple drills and protocols, we get longer periods of high-quality decision-making...the same day.
Homework battles, test anxiety, slow comprehension. Vision drills improve brain performance subconsciously so that less conscious willpower is required for the same (or better) results.
Find Your Path
Pick the one that fits. Each path leads to the drills, trainings, or answers built for that specific goal.
Peak Brain Reboot: Ox's non-tactical program for founders, executives, and high performers.
Go to Peak Brain Reboot → 02 · PistolVision training for pistol. Fix what your gear can't.
Go to Pistol training → 03 · Shotgun / claysVision training for wing and clay shooters. Break more without changing gun or choke.
Go to Shotgun training → 04 · SleepThe Sleep Amplifiers program. Fall asleep faster. Wake up more recovered.
Go to Sleep Amplifiers → 05 · ADHDShift out of scattered survival mode into pre-frontal cortex control. Ox's bestselling book has the framework.
Get the ADHD book → 06 · Post-concussionThe same vision training Ox used to work back from 15+ concussions.
Go to Brain Back Protocols → 07 · GolfNot your swing. What your brain is seeing. Vision training makes the ball look right again.
Go to Golf training → 08 · ArcheryVision training for competitive and traditional archers. Tighter groups at distance.
Go to Archery training → 09 · Flinch & anxietyFast neurological work for flinch, startle response, and performance anxiety.
Go to Fix Flinch Fast → 10 · Smell recoveryNeurology-based olfactory training.
Go to Regain Smell → 11 · SpeakingTopics, credentials, and booking. Jump to the speaker panel below.
Go to Speaking → 12 · PickleballVision training for pickleball. Faster reactions, better court awareness, cleaner contact.
Go to Pickleball training → 13 · Long Range PrecisionVision training for long range precision shooters. Sharper target focus, steadier hold, cleaner reads through the glass.
Go to Long Range Precision training → 14 · HuntersVision training for hunters. Spot game sooner, hold steadier under pressure, execute the shot when it counts.
Go to Hunters training →Free Workshop
Watch a free follow-along workshop that addresses every single one of these at once...you'll do drills with Mike and you'll experience measurable change in brain performance in real time.
Watch the free workshop →Common Questions
Short answers. If a topic deserves the full picture, the link jumps to the section that covers it.
Applied neurology changes how the brain processes information by working through the visual and sensory systems. It targets the neurological wiring underneath focus, coordination, and performance rather than treating symptoms. Most sessions take 5-10 minutes and produce shifts inside a single session.
Applied neurology for performance is quick/easy non-medical drills and protocols that calm overactive parts of the brain and upregulate under-performing parts for rapid changes in focus/attention, sleep, performance under pressure, reading, learning, and more.
Many of the world's highest performers have and have had Driven brains that many label "ADHD." We use vision and applied neurology drills to shift the wiring that gets labeled as "ADHD" from being a struggle to being a superpower.
Get the ADHD book →Most people feel a measurable change within 5-10 minutes. You can experience a taste HERE right now.
I got started in neurology because of 15+ concussions where I lost time. I struggled with almost nightly vertigo, reading & driving challenges, and constant random pain. It gave me my life back and in the decade+ since, I've helped hundreds of clients live more awesome lives after concussions/TBI/whiplash and other head injuries.
Brain Back Protocols →Yes. Cross-dominance and unstable dominance patterns respond to specific stabilization drills. Most shooters and athletes see improvement inside a single 5-10 minute session using the Ox String Protocol.
Learn the Ox String Protocol →Sight is optical: how sharply you see. 20/20 gets you clarity, fixable with glasses. Vision is neurological: 60+ brain regions coordinating eye movement, attention, and performance. Vision can be dramatically improved at any age.
See the breakdown →Yes, and each has its own vision training approach. Golf: cut strokes without a swing change. Shooting: tighter groups without changing gear. Archery: distance and grouping. Ball and racquet sports: faster reactions, better tracking, cleaner decisions.
Pick your path →Patent-Pending · Proprietary
A retractable, knot-free evolution of the Brock string. Ox's diagnostic and stabilization tool for the eye-dominance and gaze-action-coupling problems that quietly steal accuracy in shooting, golf, ball sports, and daily focus.
What it does:
Adoption
NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, PGA, LPGA, UFC, USA Olympics, and NCAA organizations use vision training. Sports Illustrated's "Total Athlete" issue called it the secret weapon of elite performers.
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Called "best presentation in 20 years" at instructor conferences. Frequent TV, radio, and podcast guest. Speaker at national and international conferences including AG&AG, IALEFI, WSLEFIA.
12 years applying neurology to high performers. Client roster spans Australian SAS, Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces, Force Recon Marines, TX DPS SWAT, 7-9 figure founders, elite athletes, and ADHD/neurodiverse professionals.
Author of three bestselling books. IDPA Master. Force Science Institute Analyst in Human Factors in Lethal Force Encounters.
"The best instructor training I've attended in 20 years."
J.D. Nagol, Internationally recognized trainer-of-instructors
Recent teaching venues
Endorsements
"The best book on firearms Training, capital T, currently in existence."
Colonel Randy Watt (Ret.) · Former Commander, 19th Special Forces Group
"Represents the very best firearms training methods available today."
Colonel Chris Graham (Ret.) · Force Recon Marine
"A real benchmark in the advancement of our Art."
John Farnam · Legendary firearms instructor
"Mike taught me a few neuro drills that had an almost instant positive impact. It was like magic."
Tim Schmidt · Founder & CEO, US Concealed Carry Association
The same parts of the brain that deliver results when lives depend on performance also control sport, business, classroom, and at-home personal performance.
So the tactical work translates directly to founders, athletes, students, and families.
Client Results
"The drills help me immediately. The visual snow is reduced and my mental fatigue lifts. I had two major bouts of vertigo that previously left me incapacitated for hours. Your drills cut that down significantly."
"I couldn't read a book cover-to-cover since 2007 because of TBIs on a deployment. After doing your drills, I am finally able to enjoy reading again."
"It was the first book I have read since my TBI. Everything for the last 3.5 years has been audiobook only. Neuro for the win."
"I'm 83 years old. I've been number one in the world in professional archery and here I am learning more from you than I ever thought possible."
"Your vision drills helped me a ton at Nationals. I could see a bird coming from the back and across, get on it and hit it every time. My peripheral vision increased with your finger movement drill."
"Mike taught me a few neuro drills that had an almost instant positive impact. It was like magic."
These are individual client reports. Not medical claims. Individual results vary.
Books
#1 Amazon bestseller
Scattered to sharp in 10 minutes. No mindset hacks or planners. Rapid-fire neurology drills that flip the switch from survival mode to performance mode.
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Bestseller · lead author
Co-authored with Marcus Custer and Erick Gelhaus. Groundbreaking coverage of sensory integration and eye dominance in high-speed pistol shooting.
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Field manual
Called "the best book on firearms Training, capital T, currently in existence" by Colonel Randy Watt, Ret., 19th Special Forces Group Commander.
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About
Author of three bestselling books and founder of VisionTraining.com. Specializes in neurological performance for founders, professionals, athletes, students, shooters, and tactical professionals.
Over 10 years applying neuroscience to high performers. Following his own return to function after 15+ concussions that caused vertigo, reading dysfunction, and coordination deficits, Ox pursued extensive neurological training including Wharton, Next Level Neuro, Z-Health, and other specialized certifications, sometimes 100+ hours of live training per year.
Start Here
A free follow-along experiential workshop. You do the drills with Ox as you watch...most people feel a measurable change in brain performance in the first 5 minutes.