The eye of the master

Both early onset of this behavior and longer QE periods have been found to differentiate elite from sub-elite and successful compared with unsuccessful physical performance across a wide variety of athletic activities including golf,4 ice hockey,5 rifle shooting,6 basketball,7 billiards,8 soccer,9 and darts.10 It appears that how the gaze is controlled is critical for acquiring skills that require precise cue selection and optimal timing. All the above studies provide strong support for the benefit of QE training of execution of physical skills, but how does QE training actually work? A critical review of this aspect of skills training is well beyond the scope of the manuscript by Causer et al.2 However, Vine et al15 recently published a comprehensive review of the QE as it relates to skill acquisition, refinement, and resilience performance.