The Sixth Tool: Training Baseball Pitch Recognition - MIT Sloan Analytics Conference

 

An objective tool to measure pitch recognition skill before the fact is HUGE in terms of both scouting and developing players. When the intangible becomes tangible, that's a huge leap, IMO. 

Subject: The Sixth Tool: Training Baseball Pitch Recognition - MIT Sloan Analytics Conference

http://www.sloansportsconference.com/content/the-sixth-tool-training-baseball-pitch-recognition/

The skill of pitch recognition, measured with metrics such as 0-Swing%, Line Drive %, and BB/K ratio, is so important that it's become a virtual sixth tool in baseball. But it's generally considered to be more a talent than a learned skill … and therefore not trainable. This talk describes and demonstrates a new approach that adapts the video-occlusion method developed in sport science research laboratories in order to both test and train this elusive perceptual-cognitive skill. Running on a laptop computer, video-occlusion can be used to measure the pitch recognition ability of prospects, diagnose pitch recognition problems, and systematically develop pitch recognition skill in high-performance baseball batters.

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