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The Baseball Vision Program by Coach Chris McKnight and Harvey Ratner
The Baseball Vision Program
by NCAA Coach
Chris McKnight









EXAMPLE OF RING DRILL




Tracking - The ability to follow a moving object smoothly and accurately with both eyes, like a ball in flight.

Fixation - The ability to quickly and accurately locate and inspect with both eyes a series of stationary objects one after the other, such as moving from word to word while reading.
Focus change - The ability to quickly look from far to near and vice versa with-out momentary.

Depth Perception - The ability to judge relative distances of objects and to see and move accurately in three dimensional space, like hitting a ball.

Peripheral Vision - The ability to monitor and interpret what is happening in your side vision while attending to a specific vision task, like a pitching checking on a runner out or the corner of his eye.

Binocularity - The ability to use both eyes together, smoothly, equally, simultaneously and accurately.

Distance Acuity - The ability to see clearly, inspect, identify and understand objects at a distance of 20 feet those objects normally see at 20 feet, also called 20/20 vision.

Visualization - The ability to form mental images in your” minds eye” retain or store them for future recall.







High School to College Baseball Recruiting Program
High School to College Baseball Recruiting Program
by WBP - Worldwide Baseball Prospects

 


Baseball Vision Program Testimonial from MLB Manager, Joe Maddon!



One of the most important aspects of becoming a successful hitter is the ability to recognize the ball out of the pitchers hand as soon as possible and I'm not a vision expert. This is where Harvey Ratner is of definite importance. He has demonstrated various ideas and drills to our players that can aid them in their hitting. He has taught me several drills that I am beginning to incorporate into our hitting routines. All of these drills are easy to understand and easy to impliment.
Finally, Harvey does not interfere with the mechanical end of the hitters approach. He solely attacks the first 20 feet from the pitchers hand, which can lead to better mechanics with the hitter having more time to react to the ball. This encourages the mental aspects of hitting, and frees the hitter of confusing mechanical mental noise when he is in the batters box. I believe Harvey is right on target in his approach to aiding baseball players become better hitters.

Yours in seeing it and hitting it,

Joe Maddon-Manager, Tampa Bay Devil Rays