Re: muscle training in batting
You will find that although the skills of a professional cricketer, a minor counties player and an amateur enthusiast vary hugely, their overall visual strategy is similar. They all fix on the ball as it is delivered, then switch to the anticipated bounce point, then track the ball's trajectory for 100-200 milliseconds after bounce.
However, their respective abilities reflect slight differences. The pro generally uses more pre-bounce pursuit tracking, whereas the amateur would take longer to respond and anticipate bounce point, therefore, he would just not be able to play the faster balls. To be able to do so, your eyes would really need to reach the bounce point 100m before the ball does.
It would appear that, with respect to batting performance, the main aspect of oculo-motor behaviour is the speed and variability of the initial saccade [a brief rapid eye movement between fixation points]. It is a subtle combination of pursuit tracking and saccadic movement as you locate the bounce point that will determine which of the three categories you are destined to fall into
You will find that although the skills of a professional cricketer, a minor counties player and an amateur enthusiast vary hugely, their overall visual strategy is similar. They all fix on the ball as it is delivered, then switch to the anticipated bounce point, then track the ball's trajectory for 100-200 milliseconds after bounce.
However, their respective abilities reflect slight differences. The pro generally uses more pre-bounce pursuit tracking, whereas the amateur would take longer to respond and anticipate bounce point, therefore, he would just not be able to play the faster balls. To be able to do so, your eyes would really need to reach the bounce point 100m before the ball does.
It would appear that, with respect to batting performance, the main aspect of oculo-motor behaviour is the speed and variability of the initial saccade [a brief rapid eye movement between fixation points]. It is a subtle combination of pursuit tracking and saccadic movement as you locate the bounce point that will determine which of the three categories you are destined to fall into