While surfing the Internets this evening, I came across this article. It pretty much says that scientists are developing ways for average or marginal athletes to play like superstars. Using football as one example, it says that some quarter backs move their eyes around the field at a faster rate. Causing them to make better decisions. I can think of one noodle-armed retiree that could use some of that action. Anyway, I have some questions for these people.
1) How many quarterbacks move their eyes to much, rendering them incapable of making the split second decisions necessary? One guy comes to mind, and another. It seems like something that is not trainable. I dont think that you can teach someone to not look at what they want.
2) What do you have to say about the great hitters in baseball? I doubt that the above mentioned Mr. Ballgame was looking anywhere but right in front of him while at the dish. A more recent example would be him, or him. Noticing pitch rotation cannot be taught, nor can vision be improved upon for timespans of less than 1 second.
3) What about Hockey? That is if there is still a pro Hockey league. What say you for the vast amounts of agility required to stand on tiny blades and skate? How can you quantify how good the great one was, or nowadays....well I cant think of any other hockey players. But you get the point.
To put it another way, here is a quote from the article.....
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