What is "pitch recognition"? How is it different from "vision training"? How do you recognize pitches anyway? Peter Fadde, author of "The Sixth Tool: Training Baseball Pitch Recognition", shares his thoughts.
In this 36-minute episode, you'll learn:
- how Peter got involved in pitch recognition science
- the pros and cons of travel baseball
- why tracking and pitch recognition are different
- whether pitch recognition is different from vision training
- whether ball vs strike and fastball vs breaking ball are two different types of pitch recognition
- sample on-field pitch recognition drills
- whether it's truth or myth that batters can tell breaking pitches by how it's released out of the pitcher's hand
- whether fat wrist vs skinny wrist is a helpful pitch recognition cue
- whether pitch recognition cues are good or bad
- MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
- IITSEC Conference, the world's largest modeling, simulation and training conference
- Thinking, Fast and Slow book
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