Im going to read the eyesman website properly but we run studies on how the eyes and brain work to play shots etc and a lot of what you do at club level is different to professionals.
Watching the bowler in the run up and to release they make subtle changes per each delivery they bowl, watch a video of someone bowling an inswinger, then outswinger, a yorker and bouncer, they make subtle changes, some elite bowlers were very subtle like the Wasim Akrams of the world, if you have a good setup etc and watch the bowler and release of the ball your brain with work out an initial shot selection and it readjusts this when the ball is almost to you, hence when you see variable bounce you can change stroke, cutting movement ie leg cutter readjustments can be made, but you do need to watch the ball and the bowler, the more you pay attention the better you are at predicting the delivery that is coming, dont pre-meditate against 90mph bowlers if you're not capable of facing them, you telling your body what to do is far slower than allowing reactions and the brain to deal with the situation, but just remember the brain has other main focusses so its essential to keep still pre delivery to give your brain the best chance of making a decision
Author
Topic: Watching The Ball Pitch (Read 6053 times)