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• TITLE: Comparison of base running in baseball players and track-and-field athletes

  AUTHORS: Kazuyoshi Miyaguchi, Shinich Demura, Kazuya Nagai, Yu Uchida

  KEYWORDS: Sprint Ability; Running Skill; Efficiency; Baseball

  JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.3 No.1, January 29, 2011

  ABSTRACT: This study aimed to examine the relationship be-tween sprint ability and base running of baseball players and track-and- field (T&F) athletes, and to identify the association between sprint ability and running skill on base running. The subjects were 25 male university baseball players and 15 male T&F athletes without baseball experience. The straight sprint time of 54.8 m and 109.6 m (corresponding to the distance to second and home) was measured. In the home run test, the times to reach each base were measured. In the second base run test, the actual running distance and 3 m section time around the first base were measured. Base running efficiency was obtained by dividing the base running time by the straight sprint time. T&F athletes showed higher values than baseball players only in the 109.6 m straight sprint time (P