Beezer-
Been in baseball for almost 50 years and never heard the term "clicking".
What I'm referring to is fielder receiving ground ball, and making the "move" to throw to
first. Call it "crow hop", "clicking", "side-step" or whatever term you feel comfortable
with. My question is, "Why do players make a 'double move' when taking infield practice or pre-game infield, or between innings?" This is obviously not what they are going to do
in a game situation. If they do, they are allowing the runner to get 5-6 feet closer to first base unnecessarily. I have always taught players to get in position,field the ball with momentum toward first, and throw with "crow hop", click or whatever, but get the ball to the first baseman as soon as you can just in case the throw is offline it gives the FB time to recover and pick up the ball or to tag the runner.
I come from the "old school" I guess. Never saw Aparicio, Wills, Fox, Robinson, Held, Kubek, Ozzie, Ripken ever do the "double" thing in warm ups.
I have even seen catchers do it to second base after pitchers complete their warm ups.
When did this start and why?
