Car Racing
December 19, 2023
One Eyed Pen Top
Nicholas d’Orlando
Car Racing
Instructions
This exercise will help improve your depth perception, a critical visual component on-track. Grab a pen that has a top and close one eye. With the top in one hand and the pen in the other stretch your arms out in-front and work towards putting the top on the pen while keeping your one eye closed. Once you successfully put the top on, remove it, bring your hands back to your side, and stretch them back out again to repeat. Switch hands for each set.
Focus areas
Primary
Keep one eye closed the whole time
Secondary
The cleaner the top goes on the pen the better.
This helps with:
Vision Depth Perception
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About the coach
After 15 years of racing, I've achieved multiple Championship Titles across the car racing and go-karting scene. After winning championships and being a top competitor in US karting, I made the move to Europe to represent the USA and Compkart. In my final years of karting, I drove for the Kart Republic Factory Team competing in the FIA Championships. My role as a factory driver is what really started my coaching career as I would assist in the skill development of our younger drivers. Since then, I've made the transition to open-wheel racing as I now race USF2000 in pursuit of Indycar. It's been a successful transition claiming the 2021 US F1600 Championship along the way. I've had the opportunity to coach various junior formula teams, karting teams, racing schools, and 1 on 1 coaching with all skill-level weekend racers. As a coach, I try to be enthusiastic and positive yet detail-oriented. I enjoy going over data as I typically find it to be valuable reinforcement to video and it's very specific which is beneficial when looking for small time margins. I find my coaching style usually can adapt to most skill levels.
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