Recognizing Pitches early(er). Possible?

YoungGunDadHSBaseballWeb member since 2005

I sometimes stumble across some very interesting baseball sites by accident at times while wasting my life away on the 'net! Not that ANY of you are guilty of this also!

I saw this website below on Twitter today and was curious enough to click on it to see what it was about. At first glance I thought it had to do with pitching and ball rotation. However, it is actually about teaching and/or training batters to learn how to have quicker and more reliable "pitch" recognition out of the Pitcher's hand. Can it work? I don't know. I suppose you'll have to find that out for yourself. But I figured I would post the website link below if you're interested in the concept.

Pitch recognition Training.

YGD

2/26/1612:09 AM

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PGStaff10,000+ posts

Jason Giambi is involved in something that uses virtual reality viewing. I think it is all about pitch recognition and understanding the strike zone.

2/26/161:26 AM

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SultanofSwat10,000+ posts

Those pitch GIFs are close, but are not exactly what the batter sees. Spend some time catching a pitcher and you'll see.

4SFB are pink blurs. 2SFB are not vertical lines as pictured, but are offset/angled. Curves and sliders can appear as a red dot or a red circle, depending on the grip. Changeups are somewhat blurry, but you may be able to make out the seams as they rotate gently from bottom to top.

Curve/slider example (depends on grip):