Let there be light, an Interview with Dr. Rich Colo
I’ve learned a lot of things during my career. One of them is that a group of people who sit around and speculate about something that they have very little knowledge of, generally do not come up with very much. Which is why when I want to learn about something, I would prefer to go to someone who knows what in the hell is going on. That’s why when I want to know something about vision and how vision relates to the shooting sports, I go to Dr. Rich Colo of Connecticut in the United States. Dr. Colo is fast becoming a respected source of information for vision and the shooting sports, not only within the shooting world, but also in the world of eye care. Recently our paths have crossed with more frequency, which is no accident by the way. Dr. Colo and I have begun to combine his decades of theoretical and clinical experience with my parallel experiences in the field. As we have related our experiences to each other, we have found much common ground, so in the future you will see some further collaborations between Dr. Colo and myself. Initially, I have asked Dr. Colo to give some advice that will help shooters understand more about eyes, and how they can increase their scores. The following is our first offering.
TB: So Dr. Colo, tell us a little bit about how the eye works, and how this affects our vision.
Dr.C: In our discussion of vision, we will be relying on well-established information about the eye. This information is not new. Our focus, however, will be to relate this information to clay target sports.