COACH LESSON 16 OF 24 • SPEED DEVELOPMENT
Lesson 16: Running the Speed Retest and Position Footwork
From the Athletic Development Masterclass — Coach Edition with BK, for baseball and fastpitch softball coaches. Lines up with Player Lesson 16: Speed Retest and Position Footwork.
Learning Objective
By the end of this lesson every athlete has retested the 10-yard sprint, home to first and the 5-10-5, owns a fast, low, direct position first step and has a written in-season sprint dose, and you know whether acceleration, top speed or change of direction moved most.
About 35 minutes, plus the practice plan with your hitters.
What to Teach
“Feel lies. The stopwatch does not.” Speed fades fast when athletes stop sprinting, and games don’t give most players enough maximal sprints. Two to four short,…
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