Anticipation: Part 2

What are the 4 types of anticipation?

In my first article on anticipation, we talked generally about anticipation and some of the ways to develop it for yourself as a player. (Click Here.) Now let’s take it a step further in this second article, and talk about 4 specific types of anticipation.

One of the basic problems in learning to anticipate well is that the human eye is not efficient enough to allow us to move based on just seeing the ball. This is because the human eye sees only around ten frames per second. So if the ball is traveling 60 miles an hour, the eye sees the ball about every 9 feet. And in the time when we’re not seeing the ball, the mind is filling in the blanks based on experience of what that ball’s going to do.

Mindful But Relaxed

This shows the importance of practicing in a mindful way, to gain as much experience as possible in perceiving what the ball does. This is so the mind fills in those gaps accurately based on the information that you do have.

Watch closely how relaxed Pete’s jaw stays.

Now to really do this, you also need…