Bill Hines, MD
Dr. Bill Hines specializes in surgery and diseases of the eye, intraocular lens implants, strabismus procedures and laser refractive surgery including LASIK. He was one of the first physicians in Denver to perform the LASIK procedure and the first physician in Colorado to insert the New Array Multi focal intraocular lens. Dr. Hines is the Team Ophthalmologist for the National Hockey League's Colorado Avalanche and one of the foremost sports vision experts in the world. He also is an assistant clinical professor in Ophthalmology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. He and his wife Ann have two children. Education: Undergraduate: 1965-68 The Colorado College 1969 University of Colorado Denver, Colorado Bachelor of Arts, Medical School 1973 University of Colorado Health Science Center Denver, Colorado, Doctor of Medicine Residency: Certification: Research Interests: From Bill Hines Forward to The Parallel Mode Manual As an athlete myself, I have been "in the zone" on numerous occasions. But like everyone else, I thought the zone was an experience that could not be reproduced through self willalone. Indeed, that playing in the zone only happened when certain psychological and emotional components came together simultaneously. I knew what I had read about this mystery of the zone, and everything I read said the same thing: you can’t make the zone happen. You can only bring together the key conditions associated with “flow” and in so doing set the stage for the zone to occur. Everybody seems to know about the zone, but nobody tells you exactly how to do it. When Scott offered to show me how to play tennis in the zone firsthand, I was intrigued, so I agreed, feeling that playing any sport in the zone was the ultimate goal. We met at my club and within five minutes, I was not only “in the zone,” I was also playing the best tennis of my life! “This is it!” I said. “This is what we’ve been looking for!” Sports vision researchers have known that the visual input system plays an important role in high-level sports performance, but not until Scott came along with his revolutionary approach to playing tennis in the zone did we find out just how important the visual system really is. Back From Bill Hines to Team Arete Back from Bill Hines to Tennis-In-The-Zone.com |
