Analyzing the Effects of the Decision-Making Process on Baseball Batting Behavior in a Virtual Environment

Decision-making process is one of the most critical aspect that determines athletic performance. However in real-world measurement, it is not easy to analyze decision-making independently because many other aspects potentially include athletic behavior. We have established a virtual reality (VR) environment which can allow us to manipulate visual conditions with sufficiently realistic sports senario. In this study, we used a VR system for baseball hitting to examine how the batter’s prediction of the pitched ball type based on pitching form information affects their decision-making and corresponding batting action.