Rundowns - Anything different from baseball?

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Feb 25, 2019
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In my opinion and experience having players run at runners while trying to throw is a recipe for bad throws. Feet aren’t set and most of the time you are throwing over top runners. Some throws even hit the runners. Even if the defensive player makes a good throw then the player catching it has an obstructive view because the throw is going over the head/shoulder of the runner.


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Aug 17, 2019
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In my opinion and experience having players run at runners while trying to throw is a recipe for bad throws. Feet aren’t set and most of the time you are throwing over top runners. Some throws even hit the runners. Even if the defensive player makes a good throw then the player catching it has an obstructive view because the throw is going over the head/shoulder of the runner.


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defensive players should either to one side or the other of runner's path so they don't have to throw over the runner. plus if you are in the runner's path to the base, obstruction is waiting to happen.
 
Jul 29, 2013
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I teach it’s called “a rundown“ it’s not called a throw back and forth.
YES!! Drives me insane when the girl with the ball is dancing with the base runner at the same speed, then she makes a throw and that girl runs at the BR at the same speed! 🙄 No, you RUN HARD AT HER, make her turn her hips and commit to going back, then make the throw, or chase her down!
 
Feb 25, 2019
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My biggest issue with chasing is that you are giving up bases everywhere else in the field.

If the defensive player is able to take a couple of steps and put the tag on, that is not chasing.

As soon as you are running at a player that is 10 plus feet away from you, no one is going to catch the runner in a 60 foot baseline.


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