Baseball, Announcement, Featured, Softball, Training
New in WIN: The CHIPS Performance Training Track
- by Luke Swan
WIN Reality is proud to introduce its newest custom training experience: the CHIPS Performance Training Track, built in collaboration with nationally recognized hitting coach Alex Hale of CHIPS Performance. This isn't reps for reps' sake. It's a game-ready system designed for players who want real results and are ready to put in the work to earn them.
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 $100
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 each team
Training, Baseball
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 greater baseball community.
Training, Baseball, Case Studies, Featured
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 tossed batting practice,