YBE 060: Intro to Vision Training with John Fitzgerald

John Fitzgerald of Sports Vision Training explains the concept of vision training for baseball and how it can help young baseball athletes improve their game. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.

Plus Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about why advanced baseball players do not put their entire hand inside their glove.

In this 41-minute episode, you'll learn:

• how John got started with the idea of how important vision training is
• what exactly vision training will improve and what your expectations should be
• whether coaches should try to test players' vision in practice
• whether players should get their eyes checked every year
• whether such a thing as a 'dominant eye' exists
• whether a 'dominant eye' should determine which side of the batter's box to hit from
• how depth perception affects a batter's ability to hit
• how to test depth perception

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Sports vision rings

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