Game Speed Training in Baseball

Professional scouts, collegiate baseball coaches, and elite summer league often assess players' game speeds by their 60 yd dash performances. Game situations and sport dimensions limit baseball players in reaching maximum linear velocity, a characteristic that is measured at greater than 102 ft. Therefore, it is highly possible baseball acceleration training will elicit greater offensive running improvement than the maximization of linear speed. This article been designed into 3 parts present strategy and importance in the training of and transitional acceleration, leadoff to (stealing second base), and curvilinear acceleration.