Where Should the Eyes Be Focused in the Batter's Box?

[SBFAMILY]

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Hard focus soft focus. Your eyes only have a few seconds in hard focus. Bustos teaches this. Look at the entire pitcher and past her till it's time to change to hard focus. Test it, try to star at an object roughly 50 feet away and see how long you can . Kids who have not been trained correctly try to focus on the pitcher too early. There are many good hitting drills for your vision. . My dd used the ceiling fan method and got me in trouble. Those who have been lucky to visit ( howard) can tell you what he has on his garage door.

 

[Eugene Stryke]

Interesting stuff guys thanks! I have heard the hard/soft focus technique before. I'll do some more digging.

 

[Candice Beards]

I used to have a focal point before I stepped into the batters box (the foul pole) so that I was not staring at something for to long, then as I got ready to watch the pitcher you watch the hip of the release point. I did a lot of drills to help pick up spin. My team and I did a lot of stand in drills where the pitcher would pitch to us with their pitches and we would stand in without a bat and pick up the spin as well as the release. Just some experience on what I did.

 

[guero_gordo]

Good to teach your batters to call time and step out if the pitcher takes too long so they can preserve that short period of focus.
Colloquially I refer to this as "It ain't no d@mned staring contest."

 

[Cowdogz]

I tried that "hard focus/soft focus" thing the other night in a baseball game, and went 0-3 with 2 strikeouts. I didn't strike out twice all last season. Went back to focusing on the emblem on the pitcher's hat, and finally got a hit.

 

[NoonTime]

But I wonder where I can go to check out Candice and see what she talks about!?

 

[Candice Beards]

But I wonder where I can go to check out Candice and see what she talks about!?

Hi! I have a little blog that I started the web link is in my signature! Look forward to your opinion on it!

 

[PEPPERS]

I recall reading an article some time back where a number of MLB players used the focus trick with the bat while on deck A-Rod being one I remember. I was unable to find the exact article, but I did find the one below. JMO a good coach leaves no part of the swing to chance.

RealClearScience - Study: Vision Training Improves Batting Average

 

[Ken B]

(Just realized I posted the wrong article...)

Not sure if this pertains, but I thought it was interesting: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...3W25CNKbagVhoSQh8N5EWAg&bvm=bv.71667212,d.cGU

Google "skeet vision training" for more articles.