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This is an 18u team from my area. Many of the players have been together for 5 years or so. The head coach coaches high school ball too. Are coaches spending time on things like pickles?
We certainly did. These situations need to give you an out 99+% of the time. At a bare minimum, you have to be good enough to prevent the runner from EVER getting an extra base. It's also important to work on run-downs with more than one runner on base (particularly with a runner hung up between 2B and 3B and another runner on 3B). Often gets overlooked.This is an 18u team from my area. Many of the players have been together for 5 years or so. The head coach coaches high school ball too. Are coaches spending time on things like pickles?
Yes we do and it is a major pain. I bet we spend an hour trying to ingrain how to do the rundown before we do it in situations and players still mess up. It drives me crazy. I saw an MLB team blow a rundown either today or last night. If a team wants to be good at rundowns, it has to be something that they do weekly.
Easiest way to make it 2 throws.Two throws max in a rundown or you are doing it wrong.
No pump fakes either.
Yes we do and it is a major pain. I bet we spend an hour trying to ingrain how to do the rundown before we do it in situations and players still mess up. It drives me crazy. I saw an MLB team blow a rundown either today or last night. If a team wants to be good at rundowns, it has to be something that they do weekly.