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Okay, again, how do college camps & recruiters usually time players at camps & combines? I am asking because we are getting ready to hit the Fall camp circuit and then on to the 16u "college sweepstakes" years, over the next few years.
My dd is a right handed batter. Just timed her casually with very little warm-up during a younger team's drill at our try outs this past weekend:
3.12 ... H-1B (from right side) - from bunt "contact" to thump at 1B - didn't allow for 1st step out of box ... just "ping to thump")
3.01 ... H-1B (from left, same as above "ping to thump)
12.06 ... H-H
So do college coaches ask you to time from your normal "playing stance" in box (L vs R?), or just an "equal stance" to gage "apples to apples" speed? She has long legs, stealing bases is MUCH easier that getting out of box and down the line due to "starting" positions. She would do well if it were football, and everyone lines up the same for 40's.
Footwork out of the box from right side kills my kid's time, but she steals bases pretty easily due to a rocker start that gets her up to speed quickly (like a sprinter), at pitch release.
Why wouldn't everyone go from left side to gain 1.0-1.5 tenths?? Just trying to understand & make sure that her "speed" shows well, without resorting to trickery or witchcraft??
Pickle, all of the colleges my dd has been to, they had her swing a bat and then started timing from her first step to 1st. Same as home to home. Coaches said they were looking for that explosive first step out of the box and how quickly she gets up to speed (which is never). Also they were looking at her running technique. Hope this helps.