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

by
Chris McKnight
WBP Coach and Mentor
Philadelphia Phillies, Player Development Assistant
Currently Professional Manager, Continental Baseball League (TX)
Former 19 year NCAA Head Coach







See it, Process it, React to it, Retain it!

Baseball Vision Training is very important as your eyes are the windows to the game. The Chris McKnight Vision Training Program works. It allows for players to develop a crucial element in baseball skill. 
Sight Co-ordination or what we call Eye / Brain / Hand co-ordination allows for mental clarity and the ability to quickly process information (ex. Yes strike or No Strike 4/10th of sec.). This Vision Programs' core curriculum of tools and techniques will compliment your practice(s) at home or the ballpark for when you are ready to take to the field with your Bat or Glove.
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Key elements you will develop


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.



 
Baseball Vision Program Testimonial from MLB Manager,
Joe Maddon,
Tampa Bay Rays


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 Rays