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What makes a ‘Routine Play’ routine?
Here is an example by an elite SEC Shortstop. A thread
**All times are +/- 0.015 seconds**
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Here is an example by an elite SEC Shortstop. A thread
**All times are +/- 0.015 seconds**
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The hitter goes H -> 1 in 3.335 sec
The ball isn’t fielded until 1.740 sec after contact, 1.595 sec remain once the ball hits the glove.
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The ball isn’t fielded until 1.740 sec after contact, 1.595 sec remain once the ball hits the glove.
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The SS ‘Pop-Time’ is 1.259. The runner is out by ≈0.3 seconds (a whole step!)
The glove work isn’t perfect but it funnels to ball to the throwing side and does the job well.
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The glove work isn’t perfect but it funnels to ball to the throwing side and does the job well.
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Transition time = 0.539 sec.
Ball flight = 0.72.
The ball is released ≈60ft from where 1B gloves it. The ball is released at 60mph to get there in 0.72 sec.
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Ball flight = 0.72.
The ball is released ≈60ft from where 1B gloves it. The ball is released at 60mph to get there in 0.72 sec.
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The margin for error on this play ≈0.3 seconds which is a lot of time. The 0.539 transfer and the throw at 60mph off a small shuffle are elite.
Those are the skills that should be trained because those separate the good from the great in the IF.
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Those are the skills that should be trained because those separate the good from the great in the IF.
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