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From eye movements to actions: how batsmen hit the ball

Land, Michael F., McLeod, Peter·2000·Nature Neuroscience
DOI 10.1038/81887
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In cricket, a batsman watches a fast bowler's ball come toward him at a high and unpredictable speed, bouncing off ground of uncertain hardness. Although he views the trajectory for little more than half a second, he can accurately judge where and when the ball will reach him. Batsmen's eye movements monitor the moment when the ball is released, make a predictive saccade to the place where they expect it to hit the ground, wait for it to bounce, and follow its trajectory for 100-200 ms after the bounce. We show how information provided by these fixations may allow precise prediction of the ball's timing and placement. Comparing players with different skill levels, we found that a short latency for the first saccade distinguished good from poor batsmen, and that a cricket player's eye movement strategy contributes to his skill in the game.

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  1. Hallett, P. E. in Limits of Vision (Vision and Visual Dysfunction) Vol. 5 (eds. Kulikowski, J. J., Walsh, V. & Murray, I. J.) 44–80 (Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, 1991).
  2. Lewes T. MCC Masterclass: the New MCC Coaching Book (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1994).

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Authors
Land, M. F., & McLeod, P.
Affiliations
  • University of Sussex (GB)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Land, Michael F.
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2000-12
Volume
3
Issue
12
Pages
1340-1345
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
DOI
10.1038/81887
OpenAlex
W1580261990
Cited by
725
References
13
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
Keywords
cricket batting, eye movements, saccades, predictive saccades, fixation, ball trajectory prediction, visual attention, motor control, skill level differences, fast bowling
MeSH terms
Adult, Baseball, Humans, Male, Motion Perception, Motor Skills, Psychomotor Performance, Pursuit, Smooth, Reaction Time, Saccades, Sports, Head Movements

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