Alright guys an gals i’ve been a sprinter for some time now and i’ve never really given any thought to were i should focus my eyes during a race. In my less muture years i would look at every body else or try to focus way down to the finish line (I was informed that since humans in the modern world have shorter attention spans and we cannot keep focused for such a long time), since then i’ve learned not to do it as much and i feel it directly relates to better races. I’ve also noticed that in my really good races i dont see anybody but the lane. Also in practice i’ve noticed that if i keep focused about 10-15m in front i’m able to keep a pace better than if I look forward. I’m just wondering if there are any studies or people that could either back up or negate my obsevations.
I’m no an expert or a particularly fast athlete, but as a 100m race goes on, the distance I’m looking ahead increases. For the first few steps I’m looking a few metres in front of me. By 25m I’m looking maybe 10m in front, and from 40m on I’m looking toward the finish. I’ll use peripheral vision to pick up people in front of me, and hope they slow down :), because I probably ain’t gonna catch them.
that doesnt help at all.
i try to focus on a single object or fixiate on something once i reach top speed and am upright. If you move your eyes alittle bit you lost some focus, if you can fixiate your eyes on something its easier to relax and everything is linear.
between i found this out doing tempo. I would get bored and lose concentration easily, and my tempo times would drop pace, but if i focused on something ahead of me i would be running much faster then i anticipated at times.
yea thats kinda pretty much what i’ve found to i was just wondering if there is any studies done on it that i can read into about.
I don’t’ think there is any cause and effect relationship between eye line & force development. I remember reviewing some research on mental cues and 100m times under motor learning journals a few years back. I will see if there are any studies on eye line & force output. There are studies on retina lag & perception.
alright thats whats up.