COACH LESSON 14 OF 24 • SPEED DEVELOPMENT
Lesson 14: Teaching the Cut, the Crossover and Baserunning
From the Athletic Development Masterclass — Coach Edition with BK, for baseball and fastpitch softball coaches. Lines up with Player Lesson 14: Cut, Cross Over, Run the Bases.
Learning Objective
By the end of this lesson your athletes plant wide and low on a cut, cross over to go get ground sideways, take a first step out of the box toward the line and run hard through the bag, and you can see it in their 5-10-5 and home-to-first times and on video.
About 35 minutes, plus the practice plan with your hitters.
What to Teach
“The jump beats the speed.” Cutting well means arriving in a position the athlete can push out of: hips low, outside foot planted wide, shoulders turning toward…
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