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Association Between Performance on Visual Tests and Batting Performance Indicators in Highly Trained Baseball
Fabian Alberto Romero Clavijo1,2, Maxime Trempe1, Vanessa Bachir3
1Sports Studies Department, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Perceptual and Motor Skills
|November 27, 2025
Summary
This study found limited evidence that visual skills predict batting performance in young baseball players. While some associations were found, most lacked strong statistical support, suggesting visual tests may not be reliable predictors for baseball talent selection.
Area of Science:
- Sports Science
- Visual Performance
- Motor Skill Acquisition
Background:
- Visual perception is critical for success in interceptive sports like baseball.
- Understanding the link between visual skills and baseball performance aids talent identification and development.
- Previous research on visual skills predicting batting performance has yielded inconsistent results.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the association between a wide range of visual performance indicators and batting performance metrics in highly trained young baseball players.
- To combine various methodological approaches from prior studies to comprehensively assess visual skills and baseball performance.
- To determine if visual test performance can reliably predict batting success in elite adolescent baseball athletes.
Main Methods:
- Collected data on 21 visual skill variables from 45 highly trained male baseball players (ages 15-19).
- Assessed batting performance using 10 indicators, including game statistics and player rankings.
- Employed both frequentist (correlations, t-tests) and Bayesian analyses to examine associations between visual skills and performance.
Main Results:
- Frequentist analyses revealed 8.09% of associations between visual skills and performance indicators were statistically significant.
- Bayesian analyses identified 16.19% of associations supporting a link, but only 0.95% showed moderate evidence.
- Overall, the study found limited statistical support for visual tests predicting batting performance in this cohort.
Conclusions:
- The findings provide limited support for the hypothesis that visual test performance predicts batting performance in highly trained adolescent baseball players.
- The homogeneity of the sample and potential non-linear relationships between visual and batting skills may explain the limited findings.
- Further research with diverse samples and methodologies is needed to clarify the role of visual skills in baseball performance.
