Are you sure you don't mean the right foot?
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Are you sure you don't mean the right foot?
Mocking You
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Nope needs to be the left foot because as you round the base your planting foot (right foot) needs to be able to push off in the direction of the next base.
Just watch almost any MLB game today and watch their footwork.
I disagree
If you hit the bag with your right foot, you are shortening the distance.
I found the following:
"As you get older, work to hit the base with your right foot, turning your head to the left. Where your head goes, your body will follow.
Our time trials indicate a consistent speed improvement of .5 to 1.2 seconds over a complete 4 base cycle, when runners hit the bases with their right foot." - SOURCE
The Berean
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Mocking You
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Nice find. Too bad it's wrong.
base a ball a . . been a . . berry berry good. to me . .
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sunday night baseball - espn. i like schilling and kruk as announcers, and players -
Saved.One.by.Grace
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Who said the Reds are off to a fast start?
The Berean
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I always thought a baserunner is supposed to touch the base on the inside corner with his left foot so a he can lean to his left and push off the bag? Here is Ty Cobb, considered one of the greatest baserunners of all time. rounding third base.
I always thought a baserunner is supposed to touch the base on the inside corner with his left foot so a he can lean to his left and push off the bag? Here is Ty Cobb, considered one of the greatest baserunners of all time. rounding third base.
good point and pic -
Mocking You
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You can accomplish what you are talking about with either right or left foot. But the next foot to land after you've touched the base should be your right foot so you can push off toward the next base.
SaulToPaul 2
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I was a fan of the Krukster when he was a Roman Padre, but not so much as a longhair Phillie.
That's rich, coming from one who was a Mayberry Bears fan, and thought Goober was the greatest manager, since Walter Alston.
I always thought a baserunner is supposed to touch the base on the inside corner with his left foot so a he can lean to his left and push off the bag? Here is Ty Cobb, considered one of the greatest baserunners of all time. rounding third base.
Some players use their right foot, some use their left foot.
If you look at it from a geometry standpoint, it's a shorter distance to use your right foot.
Jackie Robinson used his right foot
So did Jimmie Foxx
So did Jimmie Foxx
Jackie Robinson used his right foot
So did Jimmie Foxx
those look like home run trots :car:
when going the distance . . . when going for speed . . . trying to run geometrically may take a split second more ? i have to try it myself - :idunno:
The Berean
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Ok, I found a bunch of inside the park home runs on the Internet. Some players touched the bases with their right foot, others with their left foot, and othes used both.
