Visual and oculomotor abilities predict professional baseball batting performance

Liu, Sicong; Edmunds, Frederick R.; Burris, Kyle; Appelbaum, Lawrence G.

doi:10.1080/24748668.2020.1777819

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“…Combined, this represents a critical link between oculomotor behavior and motor performance. Similar to Liu et al (2020a), the present study demonstrates that oculomotor function is related to cricket performance. Most interestingly, eye tracking measures that indicate fundamental health (functional) and motor and nerve coordination (mechanics) have predictive potential to strike rate and runs (R 2 = 0.85).…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Previous research that relates baseball performance with eye-tracking has found that professionals with better eye tracking are less likely to swing at pitches inside and outside the strike zone (Laby et al, 2019;Liu et al, 2020a). The fewer swings at pitches inside the strike zone imply that individuals with better visual abilities are more discerning in their swings (Liu et al, 2020a). Eyetracking skills are noticeably better in the Major League Baseball players, demonstrated by general oculomotor speed being a significant predictor of league level in baseball (Liu et al, 2020a).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Researchers have investigated optimal visuomotor strategies utilized by experts in self-paced (Janelle and Hillman, 2003), and externally paced tasks (Murray and Hunfalvay, 2017;Hunfalvay and Murray, 2018) consistently concluding how specific visuomotor strategies mark skilled behaviors; however, few studies have described the relationship between player performance and visual motor control. Previous research that relates baseball performance with eye-tracking has found that professionals with better eye tracking are less likely to swing at pitches inside and outside the strike zone (Laby et al, 2019;Liu et al, 2020a). The fewer swings at pitches inside the strike zone imply that individuals with better visual abilities are more discerning in their swings (Liu et al, 2020a).…”

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confidence: 95%

“…The fewer swings at pitches inside the strike zone imply that individuals with better visual abilities are more discerning in their swings (Liu et al, 2020a). Eyetracking skills are noticeably better in the Major League Baseball players, demonstrated by general oculomotor speed being a significant predictor of league level in baseball (Liu et al, 2020a). Research has also shown significant differences in other eyetracking abilities, including cardinal gaze between professional baseball players versus amateurs and non-athletes (Kubitz et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Oculomotor Behavior Predict Professional Cricket Batting and Bowling Performance

Murray

Lawton

Rider

et al. 2021

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Importance: A new, shorter version of cricket was introduced recently (Twenty20; T20). Since its inception, T20 cricket has rapidly become a popular and exciting format of cricket. However, there is little understanding of factors such as visual-motor control that influence expert performance.Objective: The purpose of this project is to determine if a series of oculomotor measures can predict batting and bowling performance in professional cricket players.Design: This study used a cross-sectional design. Each participant took part in a suite of eye-tracking tests to measure oculomotor behavior compared to their performance data.Participants: This study used a sample of 59 male T20 league professional cricket players (30 Bowlers and 29 Batsman).Results: One-way univariate analyses of variance examined the differences in oculomotor behavior between batsman and bowlers. A series of multiple regression analyses was conducted to evaluate how well the visual variables predict bowling and batting performance variables. Results demonstrate that several oculomotor eye tracking measures were good predictors of run performance and strike rate, including sports total score, sports on-field score, and sports functional score. Likewise, several of the same metrics predicted Runs and Wicket performance for bowlers. Overall, results provided further validation to a growing body of literature supporting the use of eye-tracking technology in performance evaluation.

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Oculomotor Behavior Predict Professional Cricket Batting and Bowling Performance

Murray

Lawton

Rider

et al. 2021

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…While this research team largely has experience with strobe glasses use within the sport of basketball, the sport of base-ball presents opportunities to wear this technology during task training that is directly transferrable to task elements during competition. For example, Liu et al (2020b) is an exploratory study investigating the most important visual variables correlating with professional baseball players' plate discipline performance (S. Liu, Edmunds, Burris, & Appelbaum, 2020). The findings from this study may help future mechanism research focus on those visual variables more likely to explain the SVT benefit.…”

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Stroboscopic Visual Training for Coaching Practitioners: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Carrolla

Fullerb

Lawrenceb

et al. 2021

IJKSS

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Background: The importance of vision and its impact upon an athlete’s performance has long been recognized by elite athletic communities. In recent decades, stroboscopic training methods have been developed to help train athletes from a visual, perceptual, and cognitive perspective using strobe glasses. Objective: Herein a comprehensive literature review was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of strobe glasses in training collegiate and professional athletes. Methods: This comprehensive literature review investigates the origins, attention influences, tasks, practitioner takeaways, and cost feasibility of stroboscopic visual training.Results: The findings from this review show promise of benefits from utilizing strobe glasses during training scenarios, particularly for improving fast or impulsive tasks. Strobe glasses can be accommodated into varying sporting environments and training regimens while being affordable to athletic, coaching, and training departments or centers. Studies investigating the direct influence of stroboscopic training on subsequent performance demonstrate viable methods for strengthening fundamental visual abilities. Notably, these fundamental abilities have been shown to correlate with improved game performance. Though early results are promising, there are still significant areas for further research and more comprehensive designs of stroboscopic training studies. Conclusion: This review highlights potential benefits and existing research gaps concerning the use of stroboscopic eyewear as an intervention method in sports. The delineation of optimal applications for strobe glasses is undetermined; however, information presented in this review can be meaningfully applied by coaching practitioners who are considering adopting the technology.

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Classifying batted ball outcomes from Division I collegiate baseball players

Farrel,

Jones,

Lowe

et al. 2024

Journal of Sports Sciences

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Visual and oculomotor abilities predict professional baseball batting performance

Cited by 19 publications

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Oculomotor Behavior Predict Professional Cricket Batting and Bowling Performance

Oculomotor Behavior Predict Professional Cricket Batting and Bowling Performance

Stroboscopic Visual Training for Coaching Practitioners: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Classifying batted ball outcomes from Division I collegiate baseball players

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