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= William "Bill" Harrison (Optometrist) = Dr. William "Bill" Harrison was an American Optometrist credited as a pioneer in Sports Vision. Born October 5th, 1942 in Laredo, Texas. William went to University of California, Berkeley on a baseball scholarship, where he earned a Doctorate of Optometry. Bill Harrison still holds a record at UC Berkeley for Earned Run Average. After graduation, William was drafted for the Vietnam War and served as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corp, and founded the first optical center at the Sacramento Army Depot. Dr. William Harrison began working with the MLB in 1971 with George Brett and the Kansas City Royals, where he helped develop the Royals Baseball Academy. He also co-authored three books. Dr. Bill Harrison died May 4th, 2019 from Skin Cancer.

Findings
In conjunction with Dr. William Lee, observation and trials found that:


 * Depth perception is controlled by 14 muscles
 * Depth perception had a major impact on judging the speed and position of a ball, and depth perception is a trainable skill
 * Players who trained their eyes were able to make better plans at bat, and felt more confident against the pitcher after seeing fewer pitches.
 * Once players could track with both eyes, they stopped overthinking.

With these core concepts in mind, the duo created drills and programs to improve eye teaming and focus.

Notable Athletes
Jack McKeon, Syd Thrift, Branch Rickey, John Schuerholz, Charley Lau, Mel Didier, Harry Dunlop, Karl Kuehl, Barry Bonds

Kansas City Royals
Dr. Harrison theorized that the eye muscles could be trained through Vision therapy, which would help athletes more rapidly adapt to visual stimulus. Through drills aiming to improve depth perception and tracking, Dr. Harrison believed that batters could learn to identify pitches more quickly and improve their performance.

After a meeting with (find the resource) Dr. Bill Harrison began working with the Kansas City Royals in 1971. That year, the Royals went from 11th to first in the league for batting, and had their first winning season; finishing just behind the Oakland Athletics in the National League West.

Pittsburgh Pirates
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