The Uses of Vision Data in Selecting Players for the Major League Baseball Draft

Kirschen, David; Laby, Daniel M

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“…Questions related to eye care Data are demonstrating that professional baseball players have excellent visual acuity 19 and that visual function correlates with performance. 21 On the other hand, there are indications that Snellen visual acuity of 20/20 or better may not be required in batting a ball, at least when the pitch trajectory and pitch speed are relatively predictable. [52][53][54][55][56] Given these disparate findings on the effect of refractive blur on batting, it seems reasonable to accurately correct any refractive error in baseball batters.…”

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“…[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Finally, studies have demonstrated that good visual function is common in highly accomplished batters. [19][20][21] In the study described here, adult baseball players were asked to complete a survey on baseball batting. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first survey to examine whether the conclusions of laboratory studies on vision in batting match batters' perceptions of their in-game behaviors.…”

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“…In addition to comparing laboratory and in-game perceptions of behavior, since good vision has been found in expert baseball players [19][20][21] and since there is evidence that vision training may positively influence batting, [24][25][26][27][28][29][30] another goal of this study was to determine whether the survey respondents had received an eye examination while playing and whether they had discussed vision therapy with anyone. A final goal of the study was to determine whether players typically make use of coaching advice in batting.…”

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Survey of Visual and Predictive Aspects of Batting and Eye Care Utilization in Baseball Players

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Terry²

2023

J Sports Perform Vis

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Recent laboratory studies suggest that baseball batters use pre-pitch and post-pitch cues in batting and that high-level batters have excellent visual acuity. This study aimed to survey baseball batters on eye and head tracking and fixation behaviors, whether players received eye examinations during their playing careers, and on players’ recollections of coaching advice. An online survey was sent to potential respondents. Fifty-nine current or former baseball players who participated at the college level (54) or above (5) completed all (58) or most of the survey. Most were Division 3 college players. Survey responses suggested that pre-pitch and post-pitch cues were used by batters and that eye and head-tracking behaviors were similar to those in laboratory studies. Survey answers on batters’ behaviors largely matched answers on coaching advice. Most respondents had received an eye examination while playing, but most had not discussed visiontherapy.

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Terry²

2023

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“…Another area of emphasis addressed in this feature issue is the comparison of visual skills between athletes (and referees) across different levels of expertise and across different ages. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] This includes several original investigations comparing differing levels of expertise, 5,6,11 as well as a review by Dalton 7 that addresses the quiet eye phenomena. This influential concept refers to "the final fixation or tracking gaze prior to the onset of a critical motor action," which has been shown to correlate with performance and overall expertise in athletes.…”

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Guest Editorial: Visual Function and Sports Performance

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Remarkable athletic feats often invoke questions from observers about how these achievements are possible. In baseball, softball, and cricket, how does a batter achieve the remarkable temporal and spatial accuracy in their swing necessary to successfully bat the ball, all while under severe timing constraints? How does a soccer player moving at full speed "thread the needle" with a perfectly placed pass between defenders? Sports are necessarily designed to test the limits of human abilities, and given the vital role of vision in sport, it is important to consider how visual abilities enable or constrain sports performance.The overarching topic in this feature issue is the role of vision in sports performance. This area is clearly of growing interest, with 73% (1985/2713) of the citations returned in PubMed for the search terms "sports" and "vision" occurring since 2010 (on May 1, 2021). As further evidence of the interest and enthusiasm for sports vision, the International Sports Vision Association was formed to advance the field of vision assessment and training for athletes, and the Journal of Sports and Performance Vision began publishing research articles on these topics in 2019. Because sports vision encompasses a wide array of subject matters, the sports vision literature is understandably disseminated throughout many diverse journals that may or may not be devoted solely to vision. These journals are centered around topics including vision science, cognition, kinesiology and biomechanics, sports science, neuroscience, learning, and both ocular and systemic clinical issues.The goal of this feature issue is to bring together studies that cover a variety of topical areas in sports vision. There are articles on vision assessments, vision correction and eye protection, cognitive-perceptual issues, vision training, concussion, and retinal physiology. Key questions for sports vision practitioners that are addressed in this feature issue include the following: what visual or vision-related attributes may underpin success in a particular sport, what cues are used by athletes to compete successfully in their sport, what visual assessments are best to measure an athlete's current level of development and to estimate his/her future potential, and which training methods and training environments (e.g., virtual or on-field) result in optimal transfer to athletic competitions. In keeping with the global reach of sports, the articles in this feature issue were contributed by authors from Australia,

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The Uses of Vision Data in Selecting Players for the Major League Baseball Draft

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