Vision: The Most Obvious--but Overlooked--Aspect of Hitting

by ActiveSports

Everybody has heard the term "See the ball, hit the ball." So why do most hitters, coaches and instructors ignore this critical hitting aspect? This is the most basic of hitting concepts. We all spend a great deal of time and resources on the mechanics of executing a quality swing. But none of that matters if you can't see the ball.

Your kid doesn't know if there is something wrong with his vision. He doesn't know if he needs glasses (or contacts) or if his prescription is too weak. He assumes what he sees is the way it's supposed to look. Before you hustle him off to another pricey session with a hitting instructor, get his eyes checked. And make sure that instructor spends time on baseball-specific vision training, not eye drills that make you choose a color or have you sitting down looking at a computer.

That's not specific to baseball. If you're not training vision in your stance, then it's not specific to the sport and it will have very little, if any, carryover to the batter's box. See the ball. Hit the ball. It's that simple.

Falcon02520Legend

662 days ago

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I don't mean to argue anything here... but even if you have great vision, you cant hit the ball if you have a simple flaw in your swing such as dropping your hands or loosing your sense of balance. What I am saying is that to be successful one must have both good vision and good (at the least decent) fundamentals.

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