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help again. what are the pro's and con's to distance running? all the girls have to run 1 mile under 10 minutes every monday. if you fail to make time, have to run the next day. i think doing all your training should be done under 50 yards. this sport is all about explosive speed and quickness. am i missing something ?

 

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Conditioning?????

 

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help again. what are the pro's and con's to distance running? all the girls have to run 1 mile under 10 minutes every monday. if you fail to make time, have to run the next day. i think doing all your training should be done under 50 yards. this sport is all about explosive speed and quickness. am i missing something ?

Just wait until college when they are pushing for 6 minute miles. i'm guessing its overall conditioning (stamina).

 

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I would be embarrassed, as a coach, trying to explain how the "athletes" on my team can't run a nine minute mile...

 

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My husband is 50 years old, 240 pounds, with a beer belly - and HE can run a mile under 10 minutes. It should be a breeze for a high schooler to do it.

 

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Agree they should be able to do it ... to me the question is why for softball?

 

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Just in case the bus drivers go on strike.

 

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Because as the season goes on, endurance and stamina are what will come through at the tournament grind. You need to be physically ready for that and the short runs during a game will seem effortless. Ours used to run the foul poles I think twice after every game win or lose as a team and cheering the laggers to finish every time.

 

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Just plain silly if you ask me. Softball is primarily a sedentary sport that doesn't require much stamina. They should be tested for sprinting. It's all about quickness, not endurance.

I am all for conditioning, but just because DD can't run a mile doesn't mean she isn't an outstanding SB player.

Daughter played DI college VB and they had NO mile requirement, just that you could run a mile! Their girls DI BB team also had NO mile requirement. She said boys BB had a 6 minute requirement. Only girls (s o c c e r) & (l a c r o s s e) had mile requirements (makes sense).

College coaches know what is important, and I would be surprised if very many require a 6 minute mile!

 

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How about this one, for those that know our HS fields a minute drill to get all the way around the field warning tracks home to home under a minute.... I think our fences go 250 or more....

 

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Just plain silly if you ask me. Softball is primarily a sedentary sport that doesn't require much stamina. They should be tested for sprinting. It's all about quickness, not endurance.

I am all for conditioning, but just because DD can't run a mile doesn't mean she isn't an outstanding SB player.

Daughter played DI college VB and they had NO mile requirement, just that you could run a mile! Their girls DI BB team also had NO mile requirement. She said boys BB had a 6 minute requirement. Only girls (s o c c e r) & (l a c r o s s e) had mile requirements (makes sense).

College coaches know what is important, and I would be surprised if very many require a 6 minute mile!

Patty Gasso from Oklahoma has her girls every fall train and compete in a triathlon. What does that have to do with softball? Not real sure but seems to work ok for her.

 

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the teams with deeper stamina "generall" go further. Also pushes them mentally, not just leg and lung capabilities. I see no problem with a 10 minute mile. To fight this is like fighting off any other physical conditioning since the target time isn't crazy difficult. Almost couldn't believe the question was asked... now 6 minutes, that's a different deal. 8.5-10 minutes isn't unreasonable. I'd also challenge that they should have their glove and helmet on as well... another subject but worth adding to the "running".

I could run under 7 minutes in 6th grade... and I'm not a long legged runner and hate running long distances. In high school we had to do it in our catchers gear and as a catcher had to be first (coach's rules).

 

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I'm not a long legged runner

You got that right ! :lmao:

 

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and are you the Pot or the Kettle

 

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Nothing wrong with doing it ... I just personally think it's a waste of 10 minutes of practice time. Am guessing Oklahoma would still be good even if they didn't do it. Maybe it's one of those "we are trying to teach them more than just about softball" ...

 

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ya, you could have them crunch down a couple bags of Doritos instead at the start of every practice and use up the 10 minutes that way... one has to be favored over the other. Training isn't easy and getting to the top is surely even harder so pushing them in many areas has to be the overall theme.

 

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Seems to me being in good shape with explosive speed and endurance will come in handy when playing games all week and a doubleheader on Saturday.

 

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When I played at Kent, we warmed up with a 15 minute jog before we even got to the hard conditioning and timed running. It is for conditioning and building stamina and endurance. If your dd has a problem with running and conditioning, college softball may not be the thing for her. They work you very hard, the timed mile is the easy part.

 

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Would love to see a team that could run 6 minute mile. 1-15.
i would venture to guess there aren't many, if at all.

 

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jogging to warm up muscles is different than running a timed mile. i still don't see the benefit. cardio wise i'm ouy of shape. but have no problem jogging a mile under 10min. different when i'm running from home to 3rd. i'm usually gasping for air. only jogging i want to see is the homerun jog.