Posted by: Graylon (g_dunc@hotmail.com) on Wed Jun 25 17:32:18 2008

> Graylon, a third of the way begins pitch recognition. When the ball is aproximately half way to the plate, Dr. Adair states in his book;"the batter could close their eyes or, they could turn the lights off in the stadium, it wouldn't matter."
> So, yeh, the pitches they swing at, are on pitches they did their best to recognize about a half second or less,earlier.


John,

Are you telling me you have never seen someone make an adjustment within 30 feet from the plate?

I wouldn't want to disagree with someone who has a PHD but the sports science info I saw said that the first 15' you're seeing the ball and the next 25' you're deciding pitch location, speed and movement and then the last 15' you're on auto pilot. I know you are going to say that the numbers only add up to 55' but you have to take in account the pitcher striding forward and gaining distance.

I think that it would be very hard to confirm this type of info from anyone because how do they really know exactly. IMO it also depends on the athlete, some may have better eyes and a much quicker bat then others.

Graylon