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Hitting
a baseball is the most difficult event in all of sports. It requires
the working together of eyes, brain, nerves, muscles in the most
rapid and powerful combination. An error of .010 seconds (ten thousandths
of a second!) is the difference between success and failure.
The closer you can simulate game type conditions, the more
effective your training. For most players, the closest they come
to game conditions is batting practice. Drills hitting a stationary
ball (batting tee) or soft toss developed parts of your swing. But
you always need batting practice to develop the entire vision-brain-nerve-muscle
system. The problem is it takes thousands and thousands (a typical
major league batter has taken 100,000 to 200,000 quality swings
before he gets to the major leagues) of batting practice swings
to get there. And we are talking about quality practice (pitching
that simulates real game velocities and conditions). How available
is this to you? The average high school player is lucky to get 10-20
swings two or three times a week. Also, how do you know how well
you are swinging the bat? Some days the ball “jumps” off
the bat. Others, you are lucky to get it out of the infield.
Two kinds of bat speed; practice and game. Most players we
talk to think they need more bat speed. They think more bat speed
will mean more long drives.The first question we ask is “what’s
the farthest you’ve ever hit the ball?” Most tell us they
have hit long balls (for their age). If you can hit one long ball,
you can hit them all long without increasing your raw bat speed.
There are two kinds of bat speed, practice speed and game speed.
Practice speed is your “raw” or maximum bat speed. It’s
the bat speed you have when you hit off of a tee or take dry cuts.Game
bat speed is bat speed under the stress of hitting a pitched ball.
The difference between practice and game speed can be as high as
10-15 MPH. That’s 50-70 feet. Hitting off a tee and soft toss
does not adequately exercise and develop the eye-brain-muscle connection.
Hitting off a pitching machine does not simulate the wind up-pitch
timing for a maximum swing. Professional players very rarely use
pitching machines because it changes their swing timing.
Hitting a pitched baseball also requires tremendous concentration.
This concentration puts the vision-brain-muscle system under stress.
The most effective training will happen if you can achieve that
same type of stress and concentration. SETPRO’s REACTION TRAINING
SYSTEM puts you under the same stress conditions as a pitched baseball.
 Train
under Major League pressure with REACTION TRAINING. SETPRO's
REACTION TRAINING SYSTEM is a break through in sports training.
With the REACTION TRAINER you can train against major league pitching
(or little league, high school, softball) every day of the week.
Each swing of the bat is precisely measured for speed, power and
reaction time.
Why is reaction time so important?
Reaction time is the only way to actually measure your total
batting performance. This includes vision, nervous system, muscles
and technique.
Does good bat speed mean good reaction time?
Maybe. Bat speed requires physical strength and quickness. Reaction
time requires this plus eye-brain-nerve-muscle response. This is
everything used in hitting a baseball.
Can I improve my reaction time? Yes! Reaction training requires
two things, a TRIGGER and a RESPONSE. The trigger should simulate
the event you are training for (sport specific). You react to the
trigger by swinging the bat. The time from trigger to bat
crossing the computer is your reaction time. Immediate results of
your reaction time lets you evaluate your performance and
set reaction time goals. You measure and make progress with every
swing.
How Reaction Training works.The REACTION
TRAINER consists of a swing computer and trigger unit. These
two units simulate the timing of a pitch and measure your swing
performance. The standard trigger unit has an electronic light that
flashes twice, once to start your swing move and the second time
when the pitch reaches the plate.The length of time between flashes
is equal to the time it takes for the pitch to go from the pitcher
to home plate. A more advanced trigger unit is available as an accessory.
The VIPER-RTsimulates the timing of the entire windup, delivery
and ball flight. It adds the effect of the ball flight coming towards
you. You can set the pitch speed (from 1-255 MPH). The computer
then measures your time to hit the ball (your reaction time Early
or Late to 1/1000th second). The computer also measures your bat
speed (1-255 MPH) and power (distance in feet you hit the ball).
Reaction training puts you under the same vision-brain-muscle
stress as hitting against a pitched ball. Training under stress
conditions the muscle memory system. Now your game swing will generate
maximum power.
The REACTION TRAINER is not a substitute for batting practice.
You need both. The reaction trainer is the ONLY system that allows
you to build power and quickness with pitching simulation for muscle
memory. Now you will get the maximum benefit from batting practice.What
is reaction training? SETPRO’s REACTION TRAINING SYSTEM
measures actual batting reaction time, bat speed and swing power.
Bring your game to another level with the most advanced sports training
available.
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