Reflective Essay: A Golf Analysis

Standing on the first tee at the golf course I began surveying the hole in front of me. Looking left I could see the tall green trees and out of bounds just on the other side of them. To the right hole 5 coming back towards me and the dessert. Then right down the middle the green fairway with trees lining each side of it. The wind was blowing just enough to have to bend down and toss some grass up to see the direction of it. My eyes and head were moving every direction possible. To any one that wasn’t aware of eye movements all these little turns of the head and eyes side to side, up and down, and every which direction wouldn’t mean much. For me though, I was taken back at what all these little movements were letting me do and see. From the very first second I drove the cart to that first tee my eye movements were making everything possible. Throughout this narrative, I would like to give examples of eye movements used during the round of golf. Keep in mind that the same movements will be used on a hole to hole basis for the same type of shots or movements. As I stood above the ball on the first tee I took notice of how much focus I had to have on the little white ball that was teed up. My fixation eye movements make it possible
During this drive I took note of linear optic flow occurring. I was driving along, and looking at the line of trees to my left. As I drove by I noticed my eyes having a slow phase followed by a quick reset saccade. This movement was due to the optokinetic eye movements. The slow phase of this movement was in the opposite direction that I was moving, with the saccade phase resetting in the same direction. As I turned my head from the left to forward to look where I was driving my step vergence system allowed for the big shift in depth. These eye movements took part each and every time I drove from shot to