rundown throwing lane

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May 22, 2008
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NW Pennsylvania
I am having a bit of a dissagreement with another coach about throwing lanes in rundowns, & am willing to concede that I could be wrongbut dont think I am.Here is the situation.

working a rundown betwen first & second (all right handed infielders). Its my contention that the second baseman who is faceing first should try to create an open throwing lane on the right field side of the baseline , which would be her glove side, as well as the first basemans throwing side.(assuming the first baseman has the ball)
If the second baseman has the ball then the first baseman should create the throwing lane on the infield side of the baseline. the other coach wants the ball on the other side of the baseline for easier tagging.

also, wondering in rundowns between 1b & 2b or 2b & 3b, how many of you will waste a throw in order to try to make the rundown at the base they had allready achieved, or do you just go for the tag in the least amount of throws (14u travel team). I am assuming between 3b & home that everyone is protecting home.
 
Mar 2, 2009
311
16
Suffolk, VA
should be interesting discussion......
for ME..... our girls are taught the receiver has the responsibility to get the side where the chaser is aligned and the receiver makes the ball call or signal (prefer signal -open and close of glove for us) so she is not surprised on the dart throw and is confident on the out, yes we teach to throw to the lead base about half way to force the play back to the earlier base. Goal is no more then 2 throws.
** Wonder what others are teaching.
 
Aug 2, 2008
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JC Heir,
Check the rundown thread below this one, it has some good discussion in it. I used Jimginas's suggestions for our last 10-U practice with good results, I simplified some things but the girls took to it really quickly. This is all good timing, we watched a local high school game the day before our last practice and one of the teams had some trouble executing a couple of rundown situations. I was skeptical about going into to much detail, but I realized it is never to early to learn the proper way to do anything.
 
Dec 3, 2008
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JC: I agree with you that if a right-handed first baseman has the ball and is running toward second, that the receiver should be on the right field side of the runner's lane... and vice versa.

And I agree with Jimginas about forcing a runner back to the base of origin by throwing ahead of them. I teach to make the out at the base of origin. Therefore we will throw ahead of a runner earlier when they're going to the next base, in order to force the chase back to the base of origin. This is especially true between third base and home. If we are going to have a close play at a base on a tag or quick throw, we want it to be at a base where a mistake is not going to cost us a run. I don't believe in chasing a runner toward home plate. I'd rather throw ahead of her early and force the direction of the play back to third base (base of origin).
 

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