Baseball players can particularly improve through proper
vision training. Baseball is a unique game that
combines quickly seeing a moving object, focusing on it
and tracking it into the bat or glove. Of all the
sports, baseball is possibly the best suited to the
vision training workout.
Batting:
As a batter it is
important to not only see the ball, but to see it
quickly. The quicker a batter can find the ball leaving
the pitcher's hand, the more time he has to determine if
it is a ball or strike, what type of pitch it is, and to
make the decision to swing or not to swing. The mental
actions a batter goes through are very complex, but can
be broken down into segments:
- Visually pick up the ball
out of the pitcher's hand
- Determine what type of
pitch it is (curve, fastball, change up, etc.)
- Determine whether it is a
ball or strike
- Visually track ball into
the batting zone
- Decide whether to swing or
take the pitch
- Actively swing or take the
pitch
All of these actions, and more,
occur with every single pitch...and they all happen in a
split second. If you can make your decisions just a
fraction of a second faster, you can GREATLY improve
your chances of striking the ball. Vision training
enhances batting practice, it doesn't take its place.
The beauty of vision training is its ability to piggy
back along with any coaching methods. We're not looking
to change how you coach, we simply want to enhance your
coaching by adding in a segment most athletes/coaches
are missing. SporteyesVT and Harvey
Ratner do have quite a bit of
batting coaching experience and we have our ideas on
what works best, but it is completely your choice
whether you want our input or not. Vision training can
be a stand alone portion of your coaching or it can be
incorporated into each specific task (ie. batting
practice). Our success rate with athletes ranging from
elementary age to college to pro speaks for itself.
Fielding:
Just as vision is essential to
batting, it is equally important to fielding. Did you
know that most injuries that happen during Little League
baseball games can be directly linked to poor vision?
It's true. What happens when a third baseman takes a
bad hop and gets hit in the face is usually that the
visual system broke down and the third baseman didn't
see the ball soon enough to react. If the fielder was
able to pick up the ball earlier, track it into their
glove, and take more time to prepare (get into proper
stance, mentally decide where to be, etc.) their
fielding percentage should certainly rise. Fielding and
even throwing rely immensely on great vision. Eye hand
coordination is a learned process and Sporteyes VT can
teach you how to improve. Isn't it worth a few minutes
a day to improve both your fielding and throwing and
your safety? Once again, these aren't just claims. The
vision workout has been proven effective for over thirty
years.
Give us a call and let us prove
to you how much we can help.
Key Products:
- Jugglestick
- Vision ring
- Mini-ring
- Vision
screening/evaluation
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