Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e29109. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029109. Epub 2012 Jan 19.
Baseball requires an incredible amount of visual acuity and eye-hand coordination, especially for the batters. The learning objective of this work is to observe that traditional vision training as part of injury prevention or conditioning can be added to a team's training schedule to improve some performance parameters such as batting and hitting.
All players for the 2010 to 2011 season underwent normal preseason physicals and baseline testing that is standard for the University of Cincinnati Athletics Department. Standard vision training exercises were implemented 6 weeks before the start of the season. Results are reported as compared to the 2009 to 2010 season. Pre season conditioning was followed by a maintenance program during the season of vision training.
The University of Cincinnati team batting average increased from 0.251 in 2010 to 0.285 in 2011 and the slugging percentage increased by 0.033. The rest of the Big East's slugging percentage fell over that same time frame 0.082. This produces a difference of 0.115 with 95% confidence interval (0.024, 0.206). As with the batting average, the change for University of Cincinnati is significantly different from the rest of the Big East (p = 0.02). Essentially all batting parameters improved by 10% or more. Similar differences were seen when restricting the analysis to games within the Big East conference.
Vision training can combine traditional and technological methodologies to train the athletes' eyes and improve batting. Vision training as part of conditioning or injury prevention can be applied and may improve batting performance in college baseball players. High performance vision training can be instituted in the pre-season and maintained throughout the season to improve batting parameters.
棒球需要极高的视觉敏锐度和手眼协调能力，尤其是对于击球手而言。本研究的学习目标是观察到，作为预防或调整的一部分，传统的视觉训练可以加入到球队的训练计划中，以提高某些表现参数，如击球和击打。
2010 年至 2011 赛季的所有球员都接受了正常的季前体检和基线测试，这是辛辛那提大学体育部的标准测试。标准的视觉训练练习在赛季开始前 6 周进行。结果与 2009 年至 2010 年进行了比较。季前调整后，在赛季中进行了视觉训练的维持计划。
辛辛那提大学队的平均击球率从 2010 年的 0.251 提高到 2011 年的 0.285，而slugging 率提高了 0.033。同期，大东区的其他球队的 slugging 率下降了 0.082。这产生了 0.115 的差异，置信区间为 0.024 至 0.206。与平均击球率一样，辛辛那提大学队的变化与大东区的其他球队有显著差异（p=0.02）。基本上所有的击球参数都提高了 10%或更多。当将分析限制在大东区的比赛中时，也看到了类似的差异。
视觉训练可以结合传统和技术方法来训练运动员的眼睛，提高击球能力。作为调整或预防损伤的一部分，视觉训练可以应用，并可能提高大学棒球运动员的击球表现。可以在季前赛中实施高性能的视觉训练，并在整个赛季中维持，以提高击球参数。
