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Premier League draft in England rugby eye coach Sherylle Calder to put referees through their paces with 'EyeGym' training program

The Premier League has drafted in England Rugby's 'vision awareness coach' Sherylle Calder to train referees to see and respond to incidents quicker.

As with most Premier League weekend's, talking points were a plenty in the top-flight with Brighton's Bruno escaping red card despite a blatant elbow and a penalty decision going the way of Watford labelled 'scandalous' by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

Calder, who specialises in eye training, was part of Sir Clive Woodward's backroom staff during England's 2003 World Cup win and now assists Eddie Jones at Twickenham.

Premier League referees  to receive training to improve their decision making in crucial games
Premier League referees to receive training to improve their decision making in crucial games
Visual awareness coach Sherylle Calder has been employed by the Premier League
Visual awareness coach Sherylle Calder has been employed by the Premier League
Calder  gave eye consultancy to Sir Clive Woodward's England ahead of 2003 World Cup winu00a0
Calder gave eye consultancy to Sir Clive Woodward's England ahead of 2003 World Cup win

According to The Sun though, Calder is now temporarily turning her attention to top-flight referees and officials, putting 10 through a an 'EyeGym' training program.