Season 2
Episodes
#82 - The Strike Zone Is Exposing Baseball's Vision Problem
MLB's challenge system isn't just correcting calls — it's measuring human visual performance for the first time.
55%.
That's the overturn rate on challenged ball-strike calls under MLB's new Automated Ball-Strike syst...
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#81 - Why Elite Athletes Are Training in the Dark
You've probably seen them — the futuristic-looking sunglasses that flicker between clear and opaque while an NFL receiver runs routes or a college infielder fields ground balls. Stroboscopic training glasses have been...
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#80 - What A Robot Table Tennis Champion Reveals About Sports Vision
On April 23, 2026, Nature ran a cover image of a robotic arm mid-swing. The system behind it was Sony AI's Project Ace — the first known autonomous machine to consistently beat professional table tennis players under...
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#79 - I Thought I Solved Player Longevity — I Was Wrong
AI promises to compress months of work into minutes. Sometimes it delivers. Sometimes it delivers an answer that looks right — and isn't.
This episode steps away from the usual sports vision topic to share a...
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#78 - What MLB’s Robot Ump Challenge Data Reveals About the Limits of Human Vision
We’re often told performance improves in a straight line. In reality, it doesn’t.
At the highest levels, small changes in how athletes see and process information can create outsized gains.
This episode explores that...
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#77 - The Quiet Eye: Why Elite Athletes Choke Under Pressure
Athletes sometimes miss in situations where success should feel routine.
The mechanics are sound.
The preparation is complete. The movement itself looks no different than the ones that worked before.
Yet the result...
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#76 - Five Hits, No Fastballs: What Really Happened?
At the highest levels of sport, success is often determined in fractions of a second. A hitter facing an elite pitch has only a brief window to recognize the ball, interpret its movement, and decide whether to swing....
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#75 - The Hidden Metric Behind Major League Success
At the highest levels of sport, performance is often decided in fractions of a second. A fastball reaches the plate in under half a second, leaving minimal time to recognize, process, and respond.
Traditionally,...
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#74 - The Power Law Behind Sporting Greatness
In sport, we’re often taught that improvement is steady and predictable. Work harder. Train more. Get better. But real performance tells a different story.
At the highest levels, progress isn’t linear. It comes in...
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#73 - A Day Inside Spring Training: The Hidden World of Vision Testing
At the highest level of sport, performance is measured in milliseconds.
A 95-mph fastball reaches the plate in about 400 milliseconds. The brain uses a significant portion of that time just to recognize the pitch,...
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#72 - Ocular Allergies: The Invisible Opponent Affecting Athletic Performance
For many athletes, spring brings more than a new season; it brings seasonal allergies. And while they may seem like a minor annoyance, ocular allergies can significantly impact athletic performance.
In fast-paced...
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#71 - The Hidden Cause of Performance Slumps (And Why You’re Probably Not Measuring It)
If you’ve ever watched a world-class athlete suddenly hit a wall, mechanics solid, conditioning strong, but performance drifting, you’ve likely seen visual fatigue in action.
In this episode, we unpack the hidden...
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