Immediately. If you wait until you think she is ready, then you will never let her do it.
She is track fast....We are talking this summer going to the 7th grade running a 1:04 in the 400 and 12.94 in the 80 meter hurdles......she is lighting running bases.....need to get times on her 60 meters one of these days. One of the main reason we decided slapping was for her...actually she made a hit to shortstop and out ran the ball....by the time the SS pickup it up. She was crossing 1st and we all looked at each other and said hmmmm what about slapping and the journey began......Considering this is a beginner not so much control yet...
Simply
Slapping the ball moves it toward the defense...
Which closes the gap faster to getting the out.
This discussion should include how fast is this player.
Time to train sprinting out of the box ALL the way down the line.
THAT is critical.
That's legit speed at that age That should translate to a 2.7ish home to 1st time. I love having "track stars" on the bases.She is track fast....We are talking this summer going to the 7th grade running a 1:04 in the 400 and 12.94 in the 80 meter hurdles......she is lighting running bases.....need to get times on her 60 meters one of these days. One of the main reason we decided slapping was for her...actually she made a hit to shortstop and out ran the ball....by the time the SS pickup it up. She was crossing 1st and we all looked at each other and said hmmmm what about slapping and the journey began......