“Eyes in the Back of His Head”: Wayne Gretzky Once Outfoxed His Opponents With His Innate Ability to ‘Turn and Pass Without Even Looking’

Published 12/29/2022, 5:45 PM EST

A sportsperson definitely needs practice and talent to succeed. But if there is a pinch of intuition, then magic can happen. This is quite the similar thing that Wayne Gretzky, the NFL genius possessed. The Great One was a marvelous player and a tremendous practitioner, but he was intuitive too. In his autobiography, he wrote how he had the ability to judge an opponent’s movement without looking at him.

Gretzky recalled the phase of his ice-hockey career when he was at the peak of his success and did not have to look back to failures as well as to his opponents.

Wayne Gretzky’s uncanny ability

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Gretzky’s unbeatable record of 894 goals is a result of his innate ability too. People loved it when he said, “I go to where the puck is going, not to where it’s been.” He focused on the game, followed the puck, and reach its next destination even before it. According to the commentators, it’s his extrasensory ability that contained him to locate other players on the ice.

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His daunting game made him the maestro of all time. Audiences admired him when he acted as if he had “eyes in the back of his head”. It’s a matter of fact that Gretzky felt his opponent’s movement more than he looked at them. He shared, “I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be.” This feeling worked for him to choose his next vantage point to prepare for a shot.

There were times when he didn’t have to look and he could pass the puck to another player. Evidently, he could visualize the whole court and plan his game accordingly. It is unbelievable to even imagine that this genius could slow down time gracefully.

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‘The Great One’, “Einstein of Hockey”, and “The White Tornado”, Gretzky has many names that made him special among his peers. But what made him even more special is his incredible acumen of envisioning, making him indeed the God of hockey.

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“Eyes in the Back of His Head”: Wayne Gretzky Once Outfoxed His Opponents With His Innate Ability to ‘Turn and Pass Without Even Looking’

Wayne Gretzky’s uncanny ability

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