hand-eye coordination

noun

: the way that one's hands and sight work together to be able to do things that require speed and accuracy (such as catching or hitting a ball)
an athlete with good hand-eye coordination

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Just really taking my game to the next level: in the film room and on the field, catching, hand-eye coordination, route-running, everything. Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025 Using the letter tiles also improves hand-eye coordination skills while building vocabulary and sentence construction knowledge. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025 Drills like these focus on decision-making and hand-eye coordination and getting the entire body to work in concert with the brain. Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 18 Apr. 2024 Transitioning from one gravity to another, such as from earth's gravity to weightlessness, can affect spatial orientation, head-eye and hand-eye coordination, balance and locomotion, and may cause space motion sickness, according to NASA. Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hand-eye coordination

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“Hand-eye coordination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand-eye%20coordination. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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