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Home to first is all about a player's inherent speed... Home to 2nd is mostly about making a good turn.
My daughter got the reputation for being the fast girl on her team this year playing 12u rec ball and she really prides herself on it. I am not sure if she really is faster than any of the other kids or not. Does anyone have any base to base or sprint distance times for a 11 or 12 year old? One thing she did do a good job with was being a smart base runner this year, I wonder if she is just a little quicker to react than the other girls.
what's interesting is we had girls on our 10/12u rosters who were fast......but when they got to the 14/16 rosters, they weren't a fast any more......puberty can def change a lot of things with athletes........now, some teammates did just catch up with them, and the speed at which opponents played didn't make them seem as fast, but the measurables also changed.....the girl that was 3.1 at 12 and 3.4 at 2nd year 14 def happened to us
Here is what I have on National average for measurables.
These numbers come from a variety of Combine sources including ODM, NFCA, ONE Softbal, USSSA All-American, Softball Excellance to name a few. To answer your question, these represent the averages of travel players that have participated, and college player measures. The “watch out” on the college number (specifically D1) is that there is a wide spectrum of D1 level schools/talent.Can we assume that's an average for travel ball players? Or average for elite TB players (i.e. data collected at USSSA All-American Tryouts or the equivalent).
Thanks.
You are spot on. Girls gain weight in that 14-16U range and often it’s not good weight.what's interesting is we had girls on our 10/12u rosters who were fast......but when they got to the 14/16 rosters, they weren't a fast any more......puberty can def change a lot of things with athletes........now, some teammates did just catch up with them, and the speed at which opponents played didn't make them seem as fast, but the measurables also changed.....the girl that was 3.1 at 12 and 3.4 at 2nd year 14 def happened to us
When they came up from 10u at the beginning of fall season, they were pretty rusty after missing summer ball from covid, they went through a couple phases. Rusty, smart and aggressive, then in the last game I think they got a little greedy and had a few runners thrown out and that was a contributing factor to them loosing a close game. One thing for sure with the teams we are seeing the base running starting to “get it” faster than defenses are.Fast and savvy are two different things on the base paths. Ill personally take smart any day