Toss with eye tracking and cutback
Category: Agility
Level: 3
Each partner performs 30-seconds of working time
Carla van den Berg
- Player runs away from supporting partner as supporting partner tosses ball up and in front of player
- Player uses head motion to watch the arc of the ball
- Player cuts back to trap the ball, facing the opposite direction as their run (back towards their supporting partner)
- Turning head in same direction as body
- Cue "Don't take your eyes off the ball"
- Ball tracking movements train the vestibulo ocular system
- Sport-specific drill to prepare for the session
- Higher-intensity drill to increase heart and breathing rates prior to the beginning of the practice/game