If you have not stumbled upon this as a resources, and I mean both the podcast and the slide presentation from MIT Sloan, you will be better off for the experience. Dr. Fadde is a great player development resource. And if MIT Sloan doesn't impress you, there's not much more I can do to help. Enjoy!!
Subject: The Sixth Tool: Training Baseball Pitch Recognition - MIT Sloan Analytics Conference
Pitch Recognition:The Sixth Tool - Peter J. Fadde, Ph.D.
from sloansportsconference.comhttp://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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