About this exercise
Tracking measures smooth pursuit — the ability to predict and follow a moving target with your hand.
A circle traces a complex path across the field. Your job: keep your cursor (or finger) inside it for as much of the duration as possible.
Reactive chasing fails — by the time you react, the target has moved. The skill is anticipating the path and leading the target.
Smooth pursuit is one of the cleanest measures of cerebellar and prefrontal coordination; it declines early in many neurological conditions.