How much running does you team do?

[bmakj]

DDs team does basically no running that is not baserunning, other than occasionally HC will get upset at some lack of effort and tell everyone to go touch a pole. I would love to see a perimeter jog around the field after warmups, but they do generally all hustle from station to station.

Agree that the HC in the OP is wasting a huge amount of time. a good HC after seeing a few games should adjust practice to weakest areas of team. if they are not getting on base, no way to tell if they need more endurance/speed, so first priority is to get them on base . . . THEN work on running if it is an issue.

 

[AW95SY]

When I coached 10U & 12U our "Conditioning" consisted of 15 minutes of Ultimate Softball, same rules as frisbee but with a softball and gloves (and masks for deflections). This worked on the following skills: catching in motion, throwing on the run, quick decision making, oh yeah and running: interval sprinting, quick start/stop. The girls were highly competitive, we gave water breaks every 5 minutes and they were dripping with sweat, not wanting to stop. 15 minutes of the girls getting better at multiple facets of the game without even knowing it.

 

[Work=wins]

Sprints only. Played defense for sprints.. played relays for sprints.. played a game called fetch which was sprinting. Did a slow moderate Indian run for warm up. Some base running(racing) every other practice or so. No long distance nonsense. Everything in the game is a sprint. The game is sprinting so we practiced sprinting.

 

[lumpyhatch]

There is a real team spirit for running.