– Okay so today we are going to introduce both the concept and the value
of the quiet eye in golf. Now all of the research
and science in golf tells us clearly that this
makes a huge difference, right? If we just, simply put know what to do and not to do, with our eyes. So this is really interesting and it's important for
all of us as golfers so let's get to it.
If you ask some golfers
exactly where are you looking when you're hitting the ball, some will confess "I have no idea". Others will tell you
"Somewhere on the ball I'm not quite sure" "Behind the ball" "In front of the ball", the answers are numerous. Ideally we want it be looking at the ball, but very specifically on the ball. So before we get to
exactly where on the ball we wanna look, we wanna
really understand why eye control and eye
movement or lack there of is so important in the golf shot.
There's a technical term called saccade, we don't need to really
worry about that term but we do need to
understand what it means. Saccade focuses on the rapid
jerky motion of the eye, the unsettled eye when you're
trying to focus on something. So for example in a golf shot we're really trying to focus
on making the golf shot, but inadvertently a lot of times our eyes are jumping around. We're looking at the ball,
we're looking behind the ball, we're looking in front of the ball, we're looking at the club head. All within those one or two
seconds where we're preparing to make impact with the ball.
Tour players and the
best players in the world will tell you often times
when they're preparing to strike the ball they
can only see one thing, in fact many of them can tell you exactly which dimple on
the ball they focus on. Many of us may never get to that level and that's perfectly fine but we do want to develop the habit of training our quiet eye. So we really really need to understand where we're looking on the ball. Begin by practicing looking
at the back of the ball, and just keeping still. Ultimately you'll get
to a point where you too can identify the dimple on the
ball and have that quiet eye. (upbeat music).