Chapter 6 – Gaze Control In Abstract or Moving Target Tasks
Chapter 6 describes the gaze and focus of attention in targeting tasks with abstract or moving targets, such as the golf putt, cricket, and football quarterback
Quiet Eye Training In the Golf Straight Putt
  1. Assume your stance and align the club so that a fixation is on the back of the ball.
  2. Fixate a specific location on the hole and imagine the ball going into the cup at that location
  3. Repeat this aiming process no more than 2-3 times per putt.
  4. The final fixation, or QE, should be held stable on the back of the ball for 1-2 second before the backswing begins, and remain stable through the foreswing and contact.
  5. The QE should remain on the green for 200 to 300 ms of quiet-eye dwell time as the ball rolls toward the hole.
  6. Don’t look up until the ball is about 10 feet (3 meters) away
Exercise: Watch the gaze of the golfer in the video below. What mistake in his QE is he making?
Video: Golf Breaking Putt
For more information:
Vickers, J. N. (1992). Gaze control in putting. Perception, 21, 117-132.
Vickers, J. N. (2004). The quiet eye: it's the difference between a good putter and a poor one. Here's proof. Golf Digest, 55(1), 96-101.
Vine, S. J., Moore, L. J., & Wilson, M. R. (2011). Quiet eye training facilitates competitive putting performance in elite golfers. Front Psychol, 2, 8.
Wilson, M., & Pearcy, R. (2009). Visumotor control of straight and breaking golf putts. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 109, 555-562. doi:10.2466/PMS.109.2
Vine, S. J., Lee, D., Moore, L. J., & Wilson, M. R. (2013). Quiet eye and choking: online control breaks down at the point of performance failure. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 45(10), 1988-1994.