Sports

Toolkits

Does the Little League coach recommend players get a comprehensive eye exam prior to the start of the season? Have the varsity football players undergone baseline testing to ensure an accurate concussion diagnosis in case of head injury? This toolkit provides information and resources to help member doctors of optometry benefit their practice and community by creating awareness with athletic leaders and educating them on the important link between vision skills and sport performance

Print Resources

Sports Performance and Your Vision

This fact sheet helps patients understand the connection between vision and sports performance. It is an excellent tool for sharing with coaches, athletic directors, and athletes in your community. Available in a PDF downloadable format.

Healthy Vision Enhances Sports Performance

This informational resource helps patients understand the connection between vision and sports performance. It is an excellent tool for sharing with coaches, athletic directors, and athletes in your community. Available in a PDF downloadable format.

Ask the Coding Experts

You ask, the experts answer. The AOA Coding and Reimbursement Committee supports the AOA's strategic direction to develop and value procedural (CPT), diagnostic (ICD-10) and supply codes (HCPCS). Members can submit questions regarding medical records and coding to askthecodingexpert@aoa.org. Here are the latest questions.

FEDERAL ADVOCACY

AOA on Capitol Hill 2025: Live News Updates

Welcome to the official news hub for AOA on Capitol Hill 2025! Follow along with the AOA's exclusive coverage from optometry's single-largest federal advocacy event in Washington, D.C., and learn about the issues 600 of our colleagues championed on Capitol Hill.

AOA NEWS

A global force: Highlights from Optometry's Meeting® | 5th World Congress of Optometry

Check out what you might have missed at Optometry's Meeting® 2025!