Baseball, Featured, Softball, Training
Unlocking Your Potential at the Plate: Mastering the Three Key Skills of Hitting
- by Ivan Santana, Chief Product Officer, WIN Reality
Youth baseball and softball experts have identified the three fundamental skills that must be mastered for a hitter to achieve their potential Pitch Recognition Swing Timing and Biomechanics 1 Pitch Recognition Swing at the right pitch A hitter typically has just 150 milliseconds to decide whether to swing at a pitch This doesn 8217 t allow for conscious rational decision making Instead the hitter must make an instinctive decision guided by the brain s subcortical structures Try these tools to
Training
Understanding the WIN Assessment Scoring System
The WIN Assessment Scoring System is a thorough scoring method that connects scientific principles with familiar baseball softball scouting terms It assesses a player 8217 s hitting abilities by examining several key factors impulse control decision making visual discrimination pattern recognition motor planning motor coordination and neuromuscular ability These factors are then correlated with a range of batting performance metrics including swing decision reaction time on time rate by pitch types and location early vs late swings hard hit rate chase rate plate discipline and power metrics such as bat speed Scores Scores are based on the percentile all hitter
Baseball, Softball
WIN Reality: 2022’s best gift for baseball and softball players
Can you smell it in the air The pumpkin spiced lattes have started to make their way back into our lives which can only mean that the days and nights filled with peppermint canes hot chocolate and bright lights are almost here No matter what you may celebrate Christmas Hanukkah Diwali Kwanzaa or even just the exciting deals of Black Friday and Cyber Monday the season of the gift has arrived And with it comes an important question Have you started thinking about the perfect gift for those special people in your life While it s easy enough to put
Softball
Lady Dukes Partner With WIN Reality
The Lady Dukes take training to the next level with WIN Reality Nationwide partnership WIN Reality s VR batting app will improve player performance throughout the organization while creating tighter bonds between teammates and coaches in season and off AUSTIN August 1 2022 This month WIN Reality has partnered with The Lady Dukes softball travel organization to launch a revolutionary new product specifically built for organizations to allow interactive team practices in the virtual world This product gives coaches the ability to create customized practice plans built around real game speed pitches for their teams while tracking individual progress across
Baseball, Training
Pitch Tunneling: How hitters can train to overcome it
Over the last few years you ve likely heard the term Pitch Tunneling during a broadcast or seen it mentioned online The concept itself isn t new and is something that great pitchers like Greg Maddux instinctively understood before it had a name Developments in high speed cameras virtual reality big data and 3D modeling have made it possible to visualize pitch tunneling from the perspectives of the pitcher and hitter and understand its effects In 2017 after more than two years of work Baseball Prospectus unveiled their research on what they termed pitch tunneling and introduced it to the
Baseball, Case Studies, Featured, Training
Elite Baseball Training: How VR transfers to the batter’s box
Since baseball began undoubtedly its most difficult training challenge has been replicating in game pitching conditions for hitters to practice against Pitching is a scarce resource that is too valuable to waste on batting practice Consequently as players we practice against coaches throwing 50 of game speed take simulated at bats against teammates in scrimmages and try to stay fresh at local batting cages All the while doing this we hope that it will transfer to helping us in actual game environments While some of us may look great at our local batting cages or against our coach s lazily
