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VIDEO:  MLB Network Breaks-down How Baseball Hitters Track the Ball

• MLB Channel Diamond Demo Series:  "How MLB Hitters Track the Ball"
• Harold Reynolds demonstrates the way hitters keep their eyes on the baseball at the plate
  
• Original broadcast date 03.03.2009
• Demonstration of baseball's "Small Ball" Drill, including practice balls marked with color
• http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=3963905
  

Hitting Benefits of Big League Eyes Baseball Training Aid

• Promotes watching the baseball all the way into the hitting zone, enhanced eye focus and visualization
• Trains the hitter to increase eye movement and reduce head movement, resulting in a swing with a "much quieter head" and better tracking
• Immediately tells a baseball instructor if hitter is focused (if hitter can’t identify color, hitter has lost focus)
• Quickly develops baseball eye-tracking, eye-hand coordination, and visual reaction time
• Low wavelength (darker) colors serve to inhibit color identification until the ball reaches the proper contact zone
• Disciplines / Conditions the hitter to "allow the ball to travel" and to "get deeper into the hitting zone" with the head down on contact
• The trademarked teardrop, snake-like pupils serve to pinpoint focus a hitters vision, enhancing a player's ability to visually slow the ball down

Read the Big League Eyes Reviews from Non-paid, Independent Baseball Training Professionals

• Baseball-Equipment-Review.com (03.2010): www.baseball-equipment-review.com/big-league-eyes.html
• Swing-Smarter-Baseball-Hitting-Drills.com (02.2010): www.swing-smarter-baseball-hitting-drills.com/what-do-you-think-about-the-big-league-eyes-hitting-aid-comments.html

Hitting and Vision Training Drills Using Big League Eyes

• Drill 1:  In stance, receive side tossed or forward tossed balls with Eyes, identify color and hit
• Drill 2:  Reverse soft toss from behind the plate in the direction of the pitching mound, identify color and hit
• Drills selecting balls to hit and balls to not hit, based on the color of the ball are not recommended
• Balls traveling through the strike zone are a hitters opportunity to inflict damage, condition the eyes and muscle memory to hit strikes not take them
• Visually slow the ball down by locking your eyes on the snake-like pupils of the Big League Eyes when the ball reaches the hitting zone
• Rookie Vision Training™ - Start with two colors of practice balls, Red Eyed balls and Blue Eyed balls
  
• Big League Vision Training™ - Use all three colors of practice balls, Red Eyed balls, Green Eyed balls, and Blue Eyed balls
  
• FAQ:  Should the blue Eyes and the green Eyes each be made a lighter shade of color so that they are easier to tell apart?
• Answer:  No.  Using lighter, high wavelength colors that are easier to identify prior to reaching the hitting zone does not optimize vision.

Standard Practice Routine using Big League Eyes at the Batting Cages

• Step 1:  Hit real baseballs using a batting tee, first driving the ball to opposite field, then up-the-middle, then pulling the ball
• Step 2:  In stance, receive side tossed practice balls with Big League Eyes, identify color and hit
• Step 3:  In stance, receive side tossed real baseballs and hit
• Step 4:  In stance, receive forward tossed practice balls with Big League Eyes, identify color and hit
• Step 5:  Hit forward tossed real baseballs from behind an "L" screen
• Step 6:  Hit real baseballs thrown at full distance or hit batting machines

RiteFlite™ Golf Ball Sized Plastic Practice Balls - They Fly the Right Flight™

• RiteFlite™ balls are commercial quality grade - most other similar type plastic balls are rated for recreational use
  
• While hitting distance is limited, balls weigh 0.2 oz. representing the use of nearly 2 times more material than other balls
  
• Under windy conditions the weight of the ball makes pitch performance much better than lighter weight, inferior balls
  
• The carefully engineered hole pattern enables the accuracy of a pitched or soft tossed RiteFlite™ ball to be very consistent
• The accuracy and weight of the RiteFlite™ makes it perfect for use with a Personal Pitcher machine or for soft toss drills
• Even with heavy use, its durable construction allows the ball to hold shape and not crack like balls made of lesser quality

Eye Care Tips, Specifications, and Narrow-Xtreme™ Stick Bat Training

• Colors will not bleed and stain your hands, batting gloves, or uniform
• Constructed of hyper-adhesive, pressure sensitive Vinyl material
• Waterproof to withstand rain and wet field conditions
• Can be affixed to most standard wiffle-type plastic golf balls, plastic baseballs, and plastic softballs
• Storage of practice balls and hitting in temperatures below 55° F reduces the adhesives' ability to perform
• Not recommended for use with ordinary stick bats that do not have a sweet-spot pad that may more easily damage practice balls
  
• Using plastic balls for Narrow-Xtreme™ stick bat training, we sell the most narrow, metal hitting stick-bat available - the HitMaster GroBat™

VIDEO:  Affixing Big League Eyes to Plastic Wiffle-type Practice Balls

• Peel and apply (4) of the same colored Eyes to each practice ball a quarter turn spaced apart
• Place Eyes high of center, then low of center, then high of center, and then low of center (see video for demonstration)
  
• For best results, apply to a clean, particle free, dry practice ball
• Not for use on dimpled style practice golf balls -- use on wiffle-style balls only
• www.youtube.com/user/BigLeagueEyes
  

IMPORTANT:  Warming-Treatment of Big League Eyes Once Affixed to Practice Balls

• Due to the violent impact by Professional, College, High School, and Select Baseball players, the Eyes should be warmed prior to first use
• Most practice balls are constructed of low-energy plastics, therefore, this simple adhesive warming-treatment is suggested
  
• Warm balls (with Eyes affixed) in a Conventional Oven using a standard baking pan with lip (adult supervision required)
• Preheat Conventional Oven to 225° F (wait until oven reaches 225° F before placing balls in oven - the coils will turn off and go dark)
  
• DO NOT place the balls into the oven if the oven coils are glowing orange - be patient, wait 5 to 10 minutes until the coils turn off and go dark
  
• Place up to 24 balls (with Eyes affixed) in baking pan and place in the middle-center of the oven, then close oven
  
• Warm for no longer than 4 to 5 minutes, then remove balls from oven and dump balls into a large bowl
  
• Allow practice balls to cool down for 2 to 3 minutes before handling
  
• Once cool to the touch, pick up each ball then firmly press and rub each Eye
• Allow 24 hours for Eye adhesive to cure before hitting
• Start using your Big League Eyes and start Feeling the Power of Big League Vision!