There is no written, universal “must slide” rule, whether it be at youth, high school, college or in professional baseball. This mantra has been repeated over the years but it simply is not true. This is because of a perceived notion that all players must slide. If you have coached or been a parent of a ball player, you probably have seen some of them complain when a player does not slide when running home to score. In addition, all takeout plays in MLB require a runner to slide feet-first The Myth of a Universal “Must-Slide” Rule bent-leg slide).Īn illegal slide is when a runner intentionally attempts to initiate contact with the defender by raising, kicking or slashing his leg at the defender’s knees or by throwing his arm/body or grabbing the fielder to interfere.Īfter Utley’s ugly takeout incident with Tajeda in 2016 (video link shown in the “Runner must attempt to avoid a collision” section), MLB now stipulates that a runner cannot slide for the sole purpose of breaking up a double play so he must slide within reach of the base by hand or foot. If sliding feet first, a runner at minimum must have one leg and butt maintain contact with the ground (i.e. Legal slide can either be feet-first or head-first. In the last 10 years or so, MLB has made several important changes to sliding rules to protect the players. ^ return to top All About Baseball Sliding Rules I cannot stress enough that you want to teach your kids (especially runners) to be a good sport and learn to break up the double play the right way. These rules have been modified over the years to protect both the runner and defender breaking so knowing how to properly execute a takeout play is very important. It’s a thing of beauty when you see a once-timid kid running bases and executing the art of sliding with their newfound confidence!īreaking up a double play presents increased injury to both players so there are specific rules. The purpose of this post is to teach you, the coach or parent, the basics of sliding and provide you with a set of detailed drills to develop your child/players so that theyoo can learn to slide confidently.A Learning how to slide in baseball without getting hurt is not a difficult task when taught properly. You also probably have seen shy kids wincing after trying to awkwardly slide because done wrong, sliding hurts.Īlthough not considered to be one of the “5 tools”, learning to slide in baseball without getting hurt is a very important skill to develop in order to become a solid baseball player.
Headfirst Situational (93-foot) sliding drills.
Conducting a Successful Sliding Practice.The Myth of a Universal “Must-Slide” Rule.
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