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Missouri Head Coach Steve Bieser on team’s success using the gameSense Pitch Recognition Program.

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How often do we train the visual aspect of hitting a baseball?

Our gut says not that often.

Baseball training is constantly evolving.

We are now in the age of measuring metrics that have a direct link to peak performance.

We believe training pitch recognition and vision will be the next frontier in hitters leveraging opportunities to achieve peak performance at the plate.

And this is why top college programs and professional clubs are getting after it in the gS Pitch Recognition & Vision training app.

So that when the season comes, their refined swings and solid approach plays because they’re seeing the ball as well as they should be.

There are dozens of ways a hitter can throw away an at-bat.

  • Trying to do too much.

  • Not having a game plan.

  • Pulling pitches they shouldn’t be pulling.

  • Not competing with 100% confidence.

“Not seeing the ball well” does NOT have to EVER be a reason why a hitter underperforms at the plate.”

We get great at seeing the ball, then it’s about competing with some calmness and focus.

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How to recognize pitches quicker. Pitchers are CREATURES of habit.

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Train Your Pitch Recognition & Vision Here << Train Your Pitch Recognition & Vision Here <<

Occasionally at the big league level, you’ll see a pitcher getting dominated even with dominant pitches.

The pitchers on the mound pumping 98 mph with a 92 mph slider, and hitters are just TEEING off.

What gives?!!

You might be thinking, “how in the heck are they doing that”.

Well, chances are, it’s because they’re tipping pitches.

Say whuuuut?

Yup.

Lemme explain.

“Pitchers are creatures of habit.”

If you look close enough, you’ll notice a pitchers pattern, tick, or tip, that indicates what they’re thinking, feeling or executing.

Almost ALL pitchers do this.

Yeah. I said it. ALL.

Hey two-way guy reading this, I’m talking to you too.

You know who you are.

An elbow sticking out on a curveball grip, flaring of a glove on a changeup, faster wind up with the fastball.

There’s always something!

Learn to pick up these tendencies and it’ll be just another advantage.

Picking up a pitchers tendencies comes a lot easier when you discipline yourself to watch the pitcher, every pitch he makes.

Instead of looking in the stands for your girlfriend, watch the pitcher.

He’s the test, and he’ll give you the cliff notes.

>>> Train pitch recognition & vision here.

Pro & College Level Pitch Recogntion & Vision Training Sequences.

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How to face a deceptive pitcher

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Facing a guy who’s gangly, throws from the side, hides the ball well, varies their release points from one pitch to the next…

….they’re no fun.

The only thing you can really do is to try slowing the game down by slowing down your feet and quieting your head.

Easier said than done. Sure but here’s exactly how to do it.

1. Shorten the stride – Try a post-stride like Albert Pujols or a toe-tap like Derek Jeter. The point is to try and minimize the amount of moving parts so you can focus on the most important thing. Seeing the ball as well as possible. 

2. Keep the head on a swivel – How well we see the ball depends on how well the optic nerve in our “eye sockets” gather info for us to make a decision to swing or not. 

The better this process. The better the results.

Fortunately, it’s a muscle you can train.

The more your head moves, the more your eyes move. A quiet head gives you an effective visual performance.

Try this out the next time you face a deceptive pitcher who you’re having trouble getting comfortable in the box with.

Pro & College Level Pitch Recogntion & Vision Training Sequences.

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How To Catch Up To HIGH HEAT

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If you’re having trouble catching up to the fastball, ESPECIALLY the HIGH HEAT, it’s probably because of two things.

  1. You’re not starting your load early enough. – Often times a hitter runs into trouble when they get to the point of contact too late because the’y’ve initiated their speration and stride way to late.

  2. You have too much head movement – When the head moves the eyes moves. If you wanna make 90 mph look like 85mph, slow your feet and head down. If you wanna make 90 mph look like 95 mph…speed your feed up.

Here’s what you need to be thinking about.

Have the right approach and:

Think driving the ball up the middle.

Think slowing your stride down. Especially if you have a leg kick.

Think keeping your head as still as possible. (Head on a swivel)

Key point: When you slow your feet and head down, you slow the pitch down.

The slower the game feels, the better you’ll perform.

Takes practice, sure…which is why repitition is key.

That’s what we do in gS. If you’re ready to get to work, we’ll see you on the inside.

Pro & College Level Pitch Recogntion & Vision Training Sequences.

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How to recognize the curveball.

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You spend hours in the cage making sure you’re driving the fastball with calmness, toughness, and focus.

You work on hitting for a little more pop.

You work on driving the ball to the opposite field.

You’re ready because you put in the work.

You’re confident because you feel prepared.

The game starts…

…whoops!

You’re facing a guy who pitches off of his breaking pitch.

He starts at-bats off with a curve-ball.

He throws one in a 2-0 count.

Heck, he even throws one in a full count.

You’re just a dressed up out…

…you weren’t so prepared after all.

At gameSense, we believe most hitters struggle with the breaking ball because they don’t practice recognizing and adjusting to it in real time.

Train to see the breaking ball is our bread and butter at gS.

So as a hitter, what is the adjustment we need to make to see it sooner?

Try this tip…

 

Instead of looking for “spin” look for the “pop up”.

Here’s what we mean.

Typically, a breaking ball pitch will look as if it’s popping out of the pitcher’s hand when you compare it to the fastball.

When you train yourself to see the “popping out” of the hand, you’ll be able to make the adjustment that much quicker.

Hitting the breaking ball really comes down to two things.

  1. Recognizing the pitch early.

  2. Anticipating where it’s going to be after it breaks at the point of contact.

Make sense?

If you are mashing the fastball but look like a deer in the headlights on the curve-ball, train to see this pitch sooner and with quicker reaction with GameSense vision/brain training.

P.S. Remember, when you learn how to anticipate the breaking ball up in the zone, that’s when you’ll do the most damage.

There’s a reason why pitchers are taught to keep the ball down. Unless the pitcher is throwing 95 mph+, all pitches up in the zone are mistake pitches.

When you get one…don’t miss.

Pro & College Level Pitch Recognition & Vision Training Sequences.

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3 Steps To Better Pitch Recognition.

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We spent a few hours yesterday sorting out questions about pitch recognition and vision training for ballplayers. One stuck out.

How to pick up the ball more efficiently out of the pitcher’s hand.

Imagine this. You step in the batter’s box. You’re calm and collected. The pitcher releases the ball and you’re able to immediately judge the location, plan, and type of pitch with genuine baseball instinct and vision I.Q.

You take a confident swing because you’re seeing the ball well.

This is a skill that can be taught. Period.

How do we get there?

Start by applying and mastering these three steps to seeing the ball better.

Step 1: Ease the tension around your eyes. Relaxed muscles are quick muscles. Period.

In order to pick up the ball effectively, hitting with calmness and focus is a must.

If you wanna see the ball better, slow down the heartbeat.

Control your breathing.

How: Breath from the belly and not from the upper diaphragm. (chest)

Step 2: When the pitcher is getting their sign, have a general soft focus on the pitcher that’s relatively similar to the distance of where the release point will be.

How: Have a soft focus on the emblem on the pitcher’s cap.

Step 3: Practice a soft to hard focus. Not too early not too late. The better you get at this, the quicker you’ll pick up the pitch.

How: Transfer the soft-focus of the pitcher’s cap to an imaginary window off of the pitcher’s throwing shoulder. (release point)

We practice in the cage to refine our swing.

We practice in GameSense to refine our pitch recognition & vision.

Seeing the ball better can be a powerful tool in the batter’s box.

With this skill in our tool box, we can focus on our approach and the mental side of hitting while competing with 100% confidence.

Sharpen and refine it with tested training in GameSense.

Pro & College Level Pitch Recognition & Vision Training Sequences.

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Hunting The Fast-Ball

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Begin your Pitch Recognition & Vision Training w/ 30% off an annual membership here!
Begin your Pitch Recognition & Vision Training w/ 30% off an annual membership here!

Many players get themselves into trouble at the plate because they’re simply not ready to hit.

They step in the batter’s box thinking, “if it’s a strike, I’m going to swing” instead “it’s going to be a strike right down the plate and I’m going to be ready”.

When a hitter is:

  • hoping to hit the ball instead of knowing.

  • swinging to make HARD SOLID contact instead to NOT miss.

  • competing with a goal to see the ball as well as possible….

Then they’re setting themselves up for success.

Train your mind to be ready to hit and you’ll find your self-showing up on time on the fastball while having the ability to adjust to the offspeed or breaking ball.

Easier said than done? Sure. But by competing with this principle in mind, you’ll not only pick up the pitcher more accurately, but you’ll also be in a position to take a more aggressive hack.

Just another advantage for you.

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Dr. Len Zaichkowski talks about the Myths of Kids and Sports

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Youth sports in America is a 15 billion dollar industry. A lot of that money is going towards special coaching and training and participation in elite travel teams. Parents spend an enormous amount of money and time on their kids’ involvement in sports, hoping the investment will pay off in accolades, college scholarships, and even the chance to play professionally. But my guests today argue that all that special coaching you’re spending money on probably isn’t doing much to turn your kid into an superstar.

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Pitch Recognition Disciples moving up the ranks in MLB

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“He’s super innovative, but that doesn’t mean that he’s just throwing stuff against the wall to see what works. His technique is rooted in the things that he has tried, has tested, that other people have tried and tested. Things that he can almost prove that it works. He teaches what he can prove and has ways to cater the most important parts of the swing to the individual.”

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2018’s Leaders in Innovation: gameSense Sports honored by Coach & AD

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The abundance of innovations in team sports has changed the way games are played and managed. Don’t expect that to change anytime soon.

For Coach & Athletic Director’s fourth annual innovations issue, we took a close look at more than 100 new and improved products. In the end, we settled on 10 that addressed specific needs or took a unique approach to solving common problems in athletic programs. This year’s class of innovative products is led by software and digital systems designed to help coaches and athletic administrators analyze athletic performance.

GameSense Sports

Players who are able to react before everyone else are said to have good instincts. Nobody is born with these types of instincts. They must be learned through countless hours of practice and play.

GameSense Sports created an app that trains the instincts that turn good players into great players by using “video occlusion.” It forces players to focus on the beginning of plays or events within a game, challenging them to accurately predict the outcome with limited information. GameSense Sports currently trains baseball, softball and football players, with more sports to come.

GameSense Sports is described as “Twitter simple.” It doesn’t require virtual reality gear, sensors or a lot of money. Players can use the app on a laptop, tablet or phone. GameSense Sports provides a scientifically sound, effective and efficient way for training the quick decisions athletes must make. Coaches, athletic directors and athletic trainers can give their athletes a faster way to become elite players through brain training. It gives players that extra edge, something to do when the weather is poor, or when they are injured.

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