Softball
How to Use gameSense
gS Video-Occlusion Method: Watch pitches that are cut off during ball flight; identify pitch TYPE and BALL/STRIKE. DRILLS Players select a pitcher and choose RHB or LHB view. Each pitcher has multiple Difficulty levels: • Full-Pitch (into catcher’s mitt) • Basic (one-third of ball flight) • Advanced (6-8 feet of ball flight) • Wicked (cut … Read more
Drills
Pitch Recognition Hitting Drills 2 Tee Hitting Drill gameSense Hit Station Output gameSense app from computer or iPad/iPhone to a TV or a video projector. Use the same gS pitcher, but choose -Choose HitStation mode on Drill List. -You get 10 pitches, straight through with Occluded pitch followed by Replay. -No computer input. -Choose a … Read more
Starters Sports Training and gameSense Sports Team Up to Help Hitters Read Pitches
Starters Sports Training will team up with gameSense Sports to bring pitch recognition software solutions to Starters’ baseball and softball players. “We are extremely excited about this opportunity,” said Ryan Schwartzman general manager of Starters. “Pitch recognition can be difficult to teach. During a game a player might get 2 to 4 plate appearances of … Read more
How To Hit The Change-Up
It’s game day. You show up the field.
Pregame B.P. Done.
Pre-Game Warm Up. Done.
Go back to the club house. Put on the game uniform.
Now you’re in the dugout. You look at the line-up.
You’re not hitting in the spot you notmally hit.
You’re not playing the position you normally play.
Absorb The Unexpected
It’s game day. You show up the field.
Pregame B.P. Done.
Pre-Game Warm Up. Done.
Go back to the club house. Put on the game uniform.
Now you’re in the dugout. You look at the line-up.
You’re not hitting in the spot you notmally hit.
You’re not playing the position you normally play.
Tech Makes Baseball a Simple Game: You See the Ball, You Hit the Ball, You Got It?
Growing up on Long Island, about 25 miles east of New York City, Eugene Bleecker took 10 years of lessons at a local baseball camp. He went on to play college baseball, catching for four Division II, NAIA, and NJCAA schools over five years with what he calls “very old-school” mechanics. When he started his coaching career, Bleecker taught the same drills and preached the same philosophies that he had learned in his youth.
Be a Gamer.
Popping out in foul territory. Striking out looking. Swinging and missing on a hanging breaking ball. Being late on an 0-2 fastball…
…these are hands down some of the worst feelings in baseball, for hitters.