BUILDING NPF & NCAA DI PLAYERS AND TEAMS
SEE. THINK FAST.
REACT.
You’re up – Is your brain ready?
By the time the ball leaves the pitcher’s hand, you have less than half a second to react. Your brain must recognize the pitch, anticipate where it will cross the plate, decide to swing or take, and time your swing to smash the ball.
Even if your mechanics are perfect, the split-second decisions you make determine the outcome.
S2 Cognition gives softball players a clear snapshot of how their brain is wired to perform in these moments and provides personalized training in the areas that will make the biggest impact to their game.
UNDERSTANDING S2
AND HOW TO USE IT
INSIDE THE MIND OF A HITTER
A voluntary blink of an eye takes about 150 milliseconds. And a 90-mile-per-hour fastball crosses the plate in just three blinks. There's no margin for error in the split-second decisions made, which are the difference between a swing and a miss, a foul ball, or an out. Here is what happens during the process of a pitch...
0–100
MILLISECONDS
Hitters begin processing critical visual details about the ball as it exits the hand – how fast hitters process these details impacts how quickly they recognize the pitch
100–200
MILLISECONDS
Hitters make rapid judgments about the velocity and trajectory of the ball – this processing impacts how well they predict where and when the ball will cross the hitting zone
200–300
MILLISECONDS
Hitters are deciding to commit the swing or to take – the brain activates an inhibition command to stop the impulse to swing OR sends swing timing signals to optimize bat-to-ball contact
300-400
MILLISECONDS
Hitters who have committed the swing can make small swing and timing adjustments to optimize contact – however, hitters will have little chance to check their swing at this point
WHAT IS THE PITCH
PERCEPTION SPEED
IMPULSE CONTROL
TRAJECTORY PREDICTION
WHERE IS IT GOING
WHEN TO SWING
WHETHER TO SWING
TIMING CONTROL
THE SKILLS S2 QUANTIFIES
Perception Speed
How fast do you process the speed of the game?
Timing Control
Are you swinging at the right moment?
Stopping Control
How fast can you stop your swing?
Trajectory Prediction
How well do you judge pitch location?
Distraction Control
How well can you block out the noise and stay locked-in?
Instinctive Learning
Do you pick up on a pitcher's subtle tells and tendencies?
Rhythm Control
How well do you sync with the pitcher?
Impulse Control
How well do you control your impulsive reactions?
Targeted Training, On-Field Results
S2 Cognition helps softball players and coaches take the guesswork out of player training development – by isolating the skills that have the maximum impact on the diamond. By specifically training to improve Impulse Control and Stopping Control, a group of softball players were able to reduce their chase rate by 76% over the course of 4 weeks.
Stats since working with S2 in 2017
Batting Avg.
30%
On-Base Slugging
15%
Well Hit Balls
111%
Chase Rate
26%
"If I was a youth player, I would’ve loved this information as young as possible."
"As someone who definitely looks at where pitches are, it was really fun to challenge myself and work on picking up spin much earlier because that’s not something that I’m necessarily good at. If I was a youth player, I would’ve loved this information as young as possible because I feel like I just played softball and went along and did my thing without really knowing what I was thinking and how I was competing. I just kind of did it and wasn’t forced to think about these things until college and even more in-depth now at the pro level after taking the S2 Evaluation. I don’t know what it would’ve done for me and my coaches at the youth levels understanding how I can train these skills at a younger age so I'm better prepared for college, and then in pro."
Amanda Lorenz
Professional Softball Player, USSSA PRIDE
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Scott Wylie reveals how MLB teams found S2 Cognition, what the most significant findings are in the MLB, how hitting/pitching coaches are using S2 Cognition's report to develop more efficient drills for players, and how the S2 evaluation can help youth players enhance their recruiting.
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Scott Wylie reveals how MLB teams found S2 Cognition, what the most significant findings are in the MLB, how hitting/pitching coaches are using S2 Cognition's report to develop more efficient drills for players, and how the S2 evaluation can help youth players enhance their recruiting.
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Scott Wylie reveals how MLB teams found S2 Cognition, what the most significant findings are in the MLB, how hitting/pitching coaches are using S2 Cognition's report to develop more efficient drills for players, and how the S2 evaluation can help youth players enhance their recruiting.
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Scott Wylie reveals how MLB teams found S2 Cognition, what the most significant findings are in the MLB, how hitting/pitching coaches are using S2 Cognition's report to develop more efficient drills for players, and how the S2 evaluation can help youth players enhance their recruiting.
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Scott Wylie reveals how MLB teams found S2 Cognition, what the most significant findings are in the MLB, how hitting/pitching coaches are using S2 Cognition's report to develop more efficient drills for players, and how the S2 evaluation can help youth players enhance their recruiting.
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Scott Wylie reveals how MLB teams found S2 Cognition, what the most significant findings are in the MLB, how hitting/pitching coaches are using S2 Cognition's report to develop more efficient drills for players, and how the S2 evaluation can help youth players enhance their recruiting.
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Scott Wylie reveals how MLB teams found S2 Cognition, what the most significant findings are in the MLB, how hitting/pitching coaches are using S2 Cognition's report to develop more efficient drills for players, and how the S2 evaluation can help youth players enhance their recruiting.
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Scott Wylie reveals how MLB teams found S2 Cognition, what the most significant findings are in the MLB, how hitting/pitching coaches are using S2 Cognition's report to develop more efficient drills for players, and how the S2 evaluation can help youth players enhance their recruiting.
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Scott Wylie reveals how MLB teams found S2 Cognition, what the most significant findings are in the MLB, how hitting/pitching coaches are using S2 Cognition's report to develop more efficient drills for players, and how the S2 evaluation can help youth players enhance their recruiting.
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Scott Wylie reveals how MLB teams found S2 Cognition, what the most significant findings are in the MLB, how hitting/pitching coaches are using S2 Cognition's report to develop more efficient drills for players, and how the S2 evaluation can help youth players enhance their recruiting.
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Scott Wylie reveals how MLB teams found S2 Cognition, what the most significant findings are in the MLB, how hitting/pitching coaches are using S2 Cognition's report to develop more efficient drills for players, and how the S2 evaluation can help youth players enhance their recruiting.
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Scott Wylie reveals how MLB teams found S2 Cognition, what the most significant findings are in the MLB, how hitting/pitching coaches are using S2 Cognition's report to develop more efficient drills for players, and how the S2 evaluation can help youth players enhance their recruiting.