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Originally Posted by Steve M

I gues I'm not getting enough credit for moving.

"From C on a banger at 1 they are behind F6. I've never taped it off, but thats 70' Mike +/- and thats definately where the BU's are. The may be in a little if infield is in, but they are there - hustle or no hustle for reasons I already described, that actually have nothing to do with speed or hustle.

YOU CANT move very far before that play developes, its impossible."

It is possible. I'll watch the batted ball & play, when I am in the C position, I will almost always be stopped & set near the circle when F3 catches the throw. Let me say again that my starting position has me no more than 2 feet behind the fielder, depthwise. In some cases, with R1 on 3B, I am not as deep as F6. I am still considered behind the infielders by drawing an imaginary line from F5 to F6 and I am behind that line.

Mechanics get adjusted, all the time. They get adjusted because somebody noticed a need, the top level folks analyzed as many pluses and minuses as they could come up with and so on. The two best things I see with standard mechanics are:
1-I can work with anyone, anywhere. With a good pre-game meeting, we all know where everyone is going to be.
2-Standards exist for a reason, folks have analyzed and come up with a consistent way to address the needs.

20+ feet in 2.4 seconds including watching where the play is developing and a DB situation at HP and setting for the play at 1B is the exception and not the rule - good job.

For the rest of the mortal BU's I work with, they call it standing in C +/- a little, and thats what I was addressing.

Mechanics get adjusted, all the time. They get adjusted because somebody noticed a need, the top level folks analyzed as many pluses and minuses as they could come up with and so on. The two best things I see with standard mechanics are:
1-I can work with anyone, anywhere. With a good pre-game meeting, we all know where everyone is going to be.
2-Standards exist for a reason, folks have analyzed and come up with a consistent way to address the needs.

This point is well taken and I recognize that is a need within the Organization that must be considered.