Your vestibular system helps keep target focus with movement, but it doesn’t need a target to play an important role in situational awareness. In fact, it is in low vision environments that your vestibular system can really step up when it comes to situational awareness.
If you are in a helicopter and its dark out, and the helicopter suddenly jerks to the side, what situational awareness system senses this? Your vestibular system.
If a sudden jerk to the side happens you will experience a quick reflexive response of your neck and spine muscles to counter that movement so you can keep your neutral positioning. That is your vestibular system at work.
This is true for all sudden movements.
Stepping into a small hole you didn’t expect.
Slamming on your brakes.
Getting tackled.
Vestibular reflexes keep your head and trunk positioning, and when fast they prevent injuries and give you a performance edge.
But subconcussions can slow vestibular reflexes, chipping away at your performance edge.
Train the vestibular system, create a performance edge.