All baseball camps (college & pro) I have been associated with, time their players in the 60.

I'd guess that there are under 6 high school kids who actually can run in the 4.3's in this entire state. Times by the lovable quick fingered assistant coach tend to be horribly incorrect. I do love the intent, but let's be realistic. Look at 40 times at the NFL combine and see how many 4.3's are out there. BTW, every scouting sheet by every Div. I school I've seen records a player's 60yd time. The distance from home to 2B.

 

:thumb: Very true.

 

I know measuring the 60 is a universally accepted principal in the coaching ranks and I agree you have to have some standard distance to measure for comparison of players, IJMO but I think this is flawed. It's flawed in that when players 60 times are measured, it's in a straight line from start to finish.

 

With the exception of an outfielder run for a catch, when does a baseball player ever run 60 yds straight? The 60 yd run from Home to 2B has a funny 90 degree bend in it. Remember

 

As a coach when I held tryouts I always required 2 measured times:

1) A timed run from Home to 1B and;

2) A timed run from Home to 2B.

I did both with a signal caller at 1B so the kid had to read something to know if it was a double or a single. In other words, the player would NOT know before he left Home if he was going to 1B or 2B. This would simulate a more accurate in game situation were he had to read either the first base coach or the hit, to know if he should take 2B or run through 1B to try to beat the throw.

 

I saw a lot of times measured this way that would be considered terrible in comparison to a straight 60 yd time. Some from a few kids who blew the doors off of a straight 60 yd dash time.

 

Like I said, It's just my opinion.