High-tech program helps Stallings see the light After signing with the Rockies before the 2024 season, Stallings learned that the problem was his eyes. They weren’t exactly deceiving him, but they weren’t giving him the perfect picture of pitches.
Savvy Pro Athletes Are Training This Often Overlooked Muscle Those in search of a competitive edge are tapping into the eye-opening world of vision training to fine-tune processing skills, enhance focus and boost reaction speed. Matt Verderame | Nov 14, 2024
Why Cubs leadoff hitter Ian Happ sees vision training as baseball's next frontier Happ’s vision training journey has intersected with several inflection points in his career. By Maddie Lee| Apr 11, 2024
Chicago Cubs fans react to report that vision training helped increase Ian Happ's offensive numbers: "Wonder why more players don't do it" ByJared "Bloomy" Bloom Jan 07, 2023
Even More Reasons Why the Cubs Should Bet on Ian Happ Following the 2021 season, Happ reached out to some former teammates, Tommy La Stella and Matt Duffy, who had been working with a vision specialist out in California. Happ went to visit this specialist 4-5 times over the offseason to get his vision examined and a plan in place to improve it. Michael CeramiJan 06, 2023
Dawson Knox has better sight, and a vision for proving his worth For the past two offseasons, the Buffalo Bills tight end has worked with Ryan Harrison, a sports vision performance consultant of 23 years with SlowTheGameDown. Based out of Irvine, Calif., Harrison’s team hosted Knox on a daily basis in 2021 for six weeks before giving him tools through an app to continue working on eye-hand coordination with their mobile program. By Matt Verderame | Jul 20, 2022
How did A’s Tommy La Stella become the majors’ toughest hitter to strike out? “Where guys see a ball coming out of the hand, he could tell you which fingers it was coming off of. I mean really stupid eyesight stuff, honestly. I can’t swear to you that his swing is better than anyone else’s or whatever. But he has an innate ability to find the plane of the ball with his eyes and make contact with it. I’ve never coached anybody like him. He’s a freak of nature.” By Matt Kawahara, Astros Beat Writer Sep 28, 2020
How MLB Hitters Slow Down a Game That Moves at 100 MPH Reacting to a fastball coming in at 100 miles per hour is one of the most difficult feats in professional sports. A hitter has a mere four-tenths of a second to react to a pitch. When a baseball travels that quickly, the margin for error is razor-thin. Ian Hunter April 12, 2018
