The relationship between ocular motilities and batting average in little leaguers.

Abstract

ABSTRACT 36 boys, 10 to 12 years old (little league members) were tested for ocular motility. Ocular motility was defined as the combination of pursuit and saccadic eye movements. Correlations, significant beyond the 0.05 level, were found between batting average and: up‐down and side‐side pursuits, ocular motility, and age. Non‐significant correlations were found between batting average and: fore‐aft pursuits, total pursuit eye movement, up‐down and side‐side saccades, fore‐aft saccades, and total saccadic eye movement. All correlations computed between age and each of the eye movement categories were not significant. Although a functional relationship was not tested, the results of the study do enable one to say that ocular motility and pursuit eye movements are related to batting average.