I was watching a program about driving where they tracked eye movements of amature and professional driver on a course - basically while the novice's eye movements were all over the place, the professional focused in on specific points on the course.
I realized this is perhaps a big difference between many good and bad players in many sports - e.g. snooker (novices look at the target ball) football (pro defenders look at the hips rather than the feet) golf (novices take their eye off the ball) even fps games (novices dont look at the crosshair) and the list goes on...
so - to all you pro players - where do you look?
1. when you are playing the shot, e.g do you focus in on the shuttle?
2. when you are recieving, i.e. trying to read the player
for me and a club level player - i find myself messing up shots because I am watching the other person come into the net for example, I think this should be left to the peripherals.
thanks for your replies
I realized this is perhaps a big difference between many good and bad players in many sports - e.g. snooker (novices look at the target ball) football (pro defenders look at the hips rather than the feet) golf (novices take their eye off the ball) even fps games (novices dont look at the crosshair) and the list goes on...
so - to all you pro players - where do you look?
1. when you are playing the shot, e.g do you focus in on the shuttle?
2. when you are recieving, i.e. trying to read the player
for me and a club level player - i find myself messing up shots because I am watching the other person come into the net for example, I think this should be left to the peripherals.
thanks for your replies