If you want to get a hit in the majors, you have to start swinging a third of a second after the ball leaves the pitcher’s hand.
Can you think fast enough to judge the pitch type and location? Test yourself:
Dr. Peter Fadde turned this quiz into an app that trains hitters through repetitions of “video occlusion.” His company, gameSense, is seeing a correlation between players who practice pitch recognition inside the app and increased on-base percentage (OBP).
“It’s the same drill and practice method that people use to learn math facts or vocabulary words but you’re using it for a very expert skill that people never thought was trainable,” Fadde told SportTechie.