10/20 yd sprint times for softball

[nap]

@LCBaller3

Nap, i am curious as to what your annual plan looks like then if your emphasis or your concerned with improving them over long distances, THEN worrying about improved 10 times. Maybe I misunderstood your post. In the development of the college softball athlete you have one semester which is about 15 to 14 weeks give or take depending on how your school sets finals. My point is you will be much better off if you concentrate your efforts on things that will improve 0-10 m in the weightroom and with your speed work, they will never get out to 30m. I spend the last block of training working on speed out to that distance but that is only 3 weeks out of the off-season. Also developing and focusing on the 0-10m will also contribute to the other factor that separates winners and loser in softball can you generate power at the plate.

Who cares how fast the go at 30m when they never reach it?? and who cares if they improve more over 30m than 10?? yeah that is obvious it is a longer distance, but it isnt track and the concern isnt improving time over 30 m.

If I can quote Al Vermeil “Do what you need to do not whats nice to do”

I never talk in meters always yards, the bases are measured in feet.

It does not matter what you want to do - you have to do what you need to do.

Special strength (MxS - Max strength) and explosive development (high intensity plyos/ explosive jumps) cannot be developed until general strength (Anitomical adaptation / accumulation weights(hypertrophy) are in place.

So in the begining the 30 yrd sprint would be a better indicator of improvement in speed. As your athletes develop the special strength (explosive power) than the 20 and 10 yard sprints could be tested.