Christine Phillips
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What's a good/decent time for running home to first, for high school aged players?
Is there an official way to time? The first step they take? Swing of the bat?depends a little on timing method. but good rule of thumb is average speed right around 3.0-3.5 sec. the really, really fast runners will be around 2.7-2.9ish
In the past even college coaches disagreed with a common method to time the runners. I sat thru a debate on this trivial subject listening till I was ready to fall asleep. I don't think they ever established a standard.Is there an official way to time? The first step they take? Swing of the bat?
Fastest I ever had was Alehia Tucker - definitely somewhere in 2.5 to 2.6 range. She played basketball and softball at MSJ; I believe she was All-American her senior year. Deion Sanders like speed; once went second to home on a bunt. Hailey Spitler of the Outcasts had blinding speed as well. There was a game at Berliner where I swear she single handedly beat us. At 16u we played a team out of MS where all 3 outfielders were in the 2.7 to 2.8 range; crazy fast!!!Fastest i ever saw was a player we had on my Hawks team named Alex Hendrix, Beavercreek, h.s. . We took our team to a camp and in front of 30 college coaches she ran off 3 consecutive 2.63's. D1's was all over her, but her grades werent there, was told theyd make it work lol. In the end the family wasnt comfortable with her going away to a school too far away.
Several ways to time,Is there an official way to time? The first step they take? Swing of the bat?
Thank you! It’s a clip from AthletesGoLive so hopefully it works. I did post to YouTube thinking a timer might work on there. Lol. I’m learning. Here is the video. This isn’t her fastest for sure. But I think it will help me get a baseline time.you go to a field, with stop watch, measure out 60'. start line.... click start on first move.... click stop when foot hits 1b...