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Researchers have studied how visual skills relate to the demands of baseball and other sports. Here is a selection of the published work behind our approach. Most of these studies involved professional or adult athletes and used other complex assessment systems.
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2024 · Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Visual Performance and Sports: A Scoping Review
A review of 667 publications on vision and sport, describing the range of assessments and training research and noting limitations and priorities for future study.
Read the study →2019 · Scientific Reports
The Effect of Visual Function on the Batting Performance of Professional Baseball Players
In 585 professional players, scores on a visual function measure were associated with several plate-discipline metrics.
Read the study →2018 · Scientific Reports
Sensorimotor abilities predict on-field performance in professional baseball
In 252 professional players, performance on a broader sensorimotor battery was associated with on-base percentage, walk rate, and strikeout rate.
Read the study →2013 · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Dynamic visual acuity in baseball players is due to superior tracking abilities
Baseball players outperformed non-players on a moving-target task and showed faster, more responsive eye movements.
Read the study →2021 · Journal of Vision
Visuomotor predictors of batting performance in baseball players
Better eye-tracking performance was associated with greater batting accuracy, with stronger relationships among more experienced players.
Read the study →2012 · PLOS ONE
Origins of Superior Dynamic Visual Acuity in Baseball Players: Superior Eye Movements or Superior Image Processing
Baseball players’ advantage on moving targets appeared to come mainly from better eye tracking, not from better perception of the moving image itself.
Read the study →2002 · Perceptual and Motor Skills
Visual search strategies of baseball batters: Eye movements during the preparatory phase of batting
In a video-based study of 18 participants, experienced batters used more focused gaze patterns and looked longer at the pitching arm than novices.
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