just like it shows in the video, once he leaves his feet, he slows down by 50%. Diving/sliding is used to slow down faster so you get to the base quicker than slowing down and staying upright.
+Matthew Crosby LOL he just did it again. I just read this and thought "How did he predict this 2 months ago" until I realized he must've done it last year too.
Mythbusters did this years ago and they did it on 1st and 3rd base. They proved sliding is slower, but a lot better to do if running to bases you cannot overrun.
I remember watching this years ago and they actually proved (without realizing it) that it IS faster to dive into first base. You can see when they show the side by side that the diving one is further out than the running one. So basically if the base was under the diving player when he was outstretched ahead of the runner, he would be there FIRST. But you might be saying "yeah, but the base isn't".... well there's an easy response to that.... the diving player just starts his dive a little later so that it is timed where he is touching the base while diving ahead of the runner. ...
You are right! In addition to being different distances to the base when they do the overlay, they doing something SERIOUSLY WRONG with the frame rate when they do the overlay at 1:24, freeze it at 1:24 advance fame by frame (once you have paused the video, this can be done using , and . keys) and watch their butts, the diving runner appears to hit a BRICK WALL. Anybody that thinks once your feet leave the ground you decelerate 50% knows NOTHING about physics, air drag.... Watch a long jumper and tell me they decelerate 50% once they leave the ground.
No but like who does that this was already common knowledge that it's stupid to. The only reason you would is because of an errant throw and the first baseman has to come off the base and tries to tag you but that rarely even happens
epicone256un00b Instead of running OR sliding, why don't you do a long jump as you get close to base, because it would be harder to get tagged because ur legs are in mid air as opposed to sliding on the ground.
geoff Firstbasemen don't expect you to slide so if a throw pulls them off the base they will instinctively swipe a tag around waist high if you dive you will be under that tag and be safe
As a Kansas City Royals fan. I see our players diving into first at least a few times a month. It kills me at times to see it. The problem with this test is that the runner has "perfect" steps to the base. Rarely does this happen since batters start their runs with different steps so usually you see a runner make "one last stride" to land on the base safely because Authentic bases arent made of foam like this ESPN test. Achilles tendons can rupture on bad steps. This "long" stride usually has the runner hanging in air which can lead to deceleration as well. This experiment actually doesn't settle this ancient debate but it will give some little league coaches some ammo.
Here's what I got out of it. Before 10 feet to first, running through will get you there faster. However, anything closer, sliding will get you there faster.
Thanks for proving me right, that back in the day my head first "lunging" was faster than running through the bag :) Go to the superimposition at ~1:21. The rotation of the body has put the "diver's" hand about 2 feet in front of the upright runner's foot. So IMO, the fastest method available is to tag the base with the hand at this stage of what I'd call the "lunge" (before the deceleration kicks in, as if the bag were at the 1 yard line instead of the 3 yard line if we call the solid line the 0 yard line). The only downside is that the landing is even more violent as you are driving all the way through the tag and throwing your body at the bag.
+John Huff Lunging will still not allow you to reach 1B faster and in fact does not work if a first baseman moves to the home plate side of first base. Greater risk for a serious injury, in my opinion!
I am a believer that diving is faster. This is a great study and I appreciate it. The only flaw is that this person is a very fast runner with great form. Would love to see this with slower runners as well. Sometimes it takes 2 more steps instead of 1 vs diving.
George Haddad usually, on 2nd and 3rd you need to be tagged so its a matter of sliding to avoid the tag, also sliding will help stopping at the base and not overuning it
The whole point of a slide is to rapidly slow your momentum so you can stop at the bag without going past, so how anyone would ever think that is faster than running full speed through the bag and maintaining that speed is beyond me. Even if you ignore the obvious momentum loss caused by the friction of sliding you still have to account for the time it takes to gather your feet properly in order to push off them on your dive to the ground (just like a hurdler has to gather their feet and time them properly before each hurdle). hate when guys slide into first, the only reason to ever slide into first is if you're trying to avoid a tag on a wide or high throw. First is the only base that you are allowed to run passed the bag without being tagged out and sense having to slop on a dime at the bag isn't an issue you don't have to find a way to stop your momentum before overshooting the bag you don't need to slide. Like some of you have said the reason players slide into the other bases is it's the fastest way to maintain speed for as long as possible and stop the quickest, being that the friction caused when a player slides on the ground is a fast way but also the safest way to stop completely without overrunning the bag plus if your sliding feet first the bag lets you use your momentum to pop up to your feet in one motion, and sliding head first you can reach out and grab the bag to keep you from having your momentum continue sliding you past the bag (this slide is more dangerous but it's upside is you have more control and maneuverability to change directions and avoid tags). if the rules allowed it on the other bases i guarantee you that you would see players running through them just the same as they do on first. Sorry I know that got a little long.
This literally makes perfect sense... that's why at first where you can run through it no one slides, however it would be fucking stupid to run through second or third, and sliding there and at home is usually used to avoid a tag
The dive is only for a close play. As in avoiding a tag or just to look safe. It's harder for a ump to make a call when he can't really see if you hit the bag or not.
Never slide into first, You can dislocate your shoulder, dislocate a finger, You can give yourself a concussion too. It slows you down also, Always run threw first.
You also slide into second or third because it’s easier to decelerate with the slide while making contact with the bag. If you run into second you would have to decelerate because you can’t run past the bag, thus making running and decelerating to stop at the bag slower than diving (which also has more chances of avoiding the tag).
The only reason you dive into first or home is to avoid being tagged out. If it’s a force play you run through first or home no matter what. The only time you would ever dive into first is if either the first baseman or the pitcher fields a ground ball and can’t step on the base in time to get the force out at first. The only time you dive into first is to avoid getting tagged out which is pretty rare at first base because 90% of the plays there are force plays.
if you dive into first and the first basemen misses the ball you are far more likely to not be able to make it to quickly stand up and run to second base in time
If you think about what this video shows, doing a late slide into first is the fastest way to do it. Not what we does in the video, I’m talking and really late slide
Not a tag play people, this is 1st base. Now to my point, not sliding gives you on average one more foot plant (step) where you maintain traction. Talk to a motocross rider, as soon as your wheels leave the ground, you slow down.
I think that players would dive into first base so it would be harder for the umpire to make the call and would hopefully call him safe but now there is no point in doing that now because of the replay challenge can just overturn the call.
Even if diving were faster it would still be bad because it throws off the umpires hearing. At first an umpire is listening for the sound of the ball hitting the glove and the sound of the foot hitting the bag. But if the runner slides it throws that off completely.
Compare this with Shaunae Miller's winning dive. If Shaunae had enough energy, she could have continued running and done an even faster time, and still won. BUT, she was drained, so she dove everything out, and fortunately she was lucky to have edged Allyson. As you'd have seen, after the race they were COMPLETELY DRAINED. That alone could tell you that she couldn't have run anymore at the required speed to win, which is why it was better to dive and try to win the gold, rather than continue running slower due to a lack of energy, at the risk of a sure second place.
Well nobody slides into first because we can run through it and it's a force out not where you have to tag, so if they're going to second or third they slide to avoid the tag
They are not stupid, they understand baseball and why you slide. Some of the very fast players in the show, tend to slide into first base. Even when avoiding the tag is not necessary. That is what this is about.
For all you saying that you just slide to avoid the tag, that is true, but this test was to see if diving into first would beat out the throw compared to running through.
normaly in baseball you would run threw first base or from first to second and so on. my baseball coach told us that when you run to first you would run threw or to the other bases. he never told us to slide to first
The posting on this site only relates to first base which you can run through or over run similar to home. Runners, in my opinion, should never slide head first into any base or home. At IB, if the first baseman comes off the base toward home, one can avoid a tag as follows: 1. The first baseman can't be in the baseline he or she will be called for obstruction. One should bent-leg slide away from the first baseman as you're allowed a body length distance away from him or her (assuming a wide throw to home plate side of base). 2. The key is to read the first baseman or anyone else covering first and bent-leg slide on the foul side of the base and tag the base with left or right hand. This is called a bent-leg fadeaway slide. 3. The bent-leg pop-up and fadeaway slides to each side of a base or home is rarely executed correctly especially in MLB. Some excellent coaches at any level can teach the slides and the hook slide. 4. A head first is not faster than a bent-slide at any base or home. Multiple studies verify my assertion. The head first exposes the upper body including the neck and spine to paralysis. I have found 10 players who have been paralyzed for life sliding head first. The last one was Cory Hahn at Arizona State in 2010. Look it up on Google under his name or mine. I wrote extensively about the dangers of a head first slide in Collegiate Baseball and in my book: See More and Talk Less: Teaching and Applying The Mental Aspects of Baseball. 5. Routinely practice bent-leg sliding! Waiting or not practicing sliding until one has to is a recipe for disaster. Thanks to all of you who responded. Your comments on this missive are welcomed and invited. Best of luck to all of you in and out of baseball. Respectfully, Al Figone www.alfigonepublishing.org
But if you slide with the only goal to get faster to the base, you should not do it to far from the base, you have to throw yourself closer and straight to the base. Think about it, if you are in a rase and you throw yourself in the last second on the goal line you would probably beat the guy that is next to you. Same in baseball, if you slide to early you will slow down a bit, but if you throw on the base you'll get faster.
id still like to see this tested at second and third where you can't run through the bag in order to stop safely on the bag you would have to slow down so would sliding to second and third produce the same results
I was always taught that you cannot slide into first ever. I was always taught that you have to run through first base. But now if you are talking 2nd, 3rd, or home then yea it's to help dodge a tag and I've knocked a catcher or two sliding into home lol
It is faster to slide when any part of the body touches the finish line/base, like outstretched hand. In running outstretched hands don't count, your time is recorded when your chest reaches the line.
Sliding to dodge a tag play a game where one team is only allowed to slide and one isn't see who wins if they're roughly the same skill the sliding team will
Diving makes it a tougher call on the umpire and increases the chances of being called safe by causing an illusion. However with replay now, it isn't nearly as infective. Unless dodging a tag, run through the bag!!!
The only question I have is if he were to WAIT another step to dive so that his had touches the bag before his body hits the ground, would that make a significant difference?
Can’t wait to play some baseball and be the dude that says “hey guys. It’s faster to run through first. Then slide into it.” I’m gonna get those “really nigga” facial expressions.
what about a late dive it said it took the lead until his foot left the ground if he dove when he would reach the bag before his foot left the ground it would be faster
You dive so that you can try to avoid the tag and won't overrun second or third base. You rarely will dive into first.
+Shane Gould yeah true, u dont dive into 1st, and you dont run through 2nd
plus no one almost ever dives to go faster, Only the few that dive into first, and that is out of desperation
just like it shows in the video, once he leaves his feet, he slows down by 50%. Diving/sliding is used to slow down faster so you get to the base quicker than slowing down and staying upright.
+Aidan D. Well not exactly. You only dive into first when nobody is on the bag for the force out but they are able to tag you.
+Tyler Vincent That's the only time you should, but it's not the only time people do.
This is why you never see anyone slide into first.
Dee Gordon did and dislocated his finger and missed the all star game because of it and is on the DL
Elixir22 hosmer did in the world series lol
+Matthew Crosby LOL he just did it again. I just read this and thought "How did he predict this 2 months ago" until I realized he must've done it last year too.
+Dustin Paul and to think there in the MLB and still slide into first when they shouldn't
No one slides into first because there is no needed tag at first base
Mythbusters did this years ago and they did it on 1st and 3rd base. They proved sliding is slower, but a lot better to do if running to bases you cannot overrun.
+ryanbxxxx no shit
+minority86 Just wanted to say that Mythbusters did it first...
my bad re-red your comment and didn't realize u said mythbusters
+minority86 Haha lol
could you cut it out!😎
Runners run through first & home because you don’t have to stay on the bag. However this is different with 2nd and 3rd
You got that right.
But their is a need to slide at home sometimes.
There is never a need to slide at running to 1st.
j k that’s not true at all
I remember watching this years ago and they actually proved (without realizing it) that it IS faster to dive into first base. You can see when they show the side by side that the diving one is further out than the running one. So basically if the base was under the diving player when he was outstretched ahead of the runner, he would be there FIRST. But you might be saying "yeah, but the base isn't".... well there's an easy response to that.... the diving player just starts his dive a little later so that it is timed where he is touching the base while diving ahead of the runner. ...
You are right! In addition to being different distances to the base when they do the overlay, they doing something SERIOUSLY WRONG with the frame rate when they do the overlay at 1:24, freeze it at 1:24 advance fame by frame (once you have paused the video, this can be done using , and . keys) and watch their butts, the diving runner appears to hit a BRICK WALL. Anybody that thinks once your feet leave the ground you decelerate 50% knows NOTHING about physics, air drag.... Watch a long jumper and tell me they decelerate 50% once they leave the ground.
@@scrabbleking1965 yeah but long jumpers train to long jump, baseball players don’t lol
@@daniellol3210 they train to slide
When you slide, you are just trying to avoid the tag.
exactly
Idk
No this is saying if you should slide into first like hosmer did but you should just run it will be faster
Ikr
Not all the time
You slide to dodge a tag. What was this supposed to prove that wasn't already common knowledge?
The debate has always been about sliding into first opposed to running it through. How would sliding avoid a tag at first base?
No but like who does that this was already common knowledge that it's stupid to. The only reason you would is because of an errant throw and the first baseman has to come off the base and tries to tag you but that rarely even happens
epicone256un00b Instead of running OR sliding, why don't you do a long jump as you get close to base, because it would be harder to get tagged because ur legs
are in mid air as opposed to sliding on the ground.
geoff Firstbasemen don't expect you to slide so if a throw pulls them off the base they will instinctively swipe a tag around waist high if you dive you will be under that tag and be safe
+epicone256un00b
You'd be surprised then at the amount of players that have slid into first base
You spose to slide avoid the tag
+J Calkins u can still tag of u want
+J Calkins u do if the throw pulls u off the bag toward the runner and that's when the runner can dive and avoid the tag
Dmac Gaming11 you're "spose" to use spell check
“When his feet leave the ground he decelerates by 50%” Sure technically there’s air drag, but that’s not how physics works.
You could just dive a bit later at that moment where his feet havent left the ground...then that would be faster
1. you never slide to first base
2. you slide to avoid a tag not to be faster
3. you can't overrun 2nd and 3rd
As a Kansas City Royals fan. I see our players diving into first at least a few times a month. It kills me at times to see it. The problem with this test is that the runner has "perfect" steps to the base. Rarely does this happen since batters start their runs with different steps so usually you see a runner make "one last stride" to land on the base safely because Authentic bases arent made of foam like this ESPN test. Achilles tendons can rupture on bad steps. This "long" stride usually has the runner hanging in air which can lead to deceleration as well. This experiment actually doesn't settle this ancient debate but it will give some little league coaches some ammo.
Here's what I got out of it. Before 10 feet to first, running through will get you there faster. However, anything closer, sliding will get you there faster.
My brother told me when you dive is to take away the noise and make it a harder call on the ump
The umpire looks at the bag and listen for the ball hitting the glove, not the other way around.
@@scrabbleking1965 yeah I commented this when I was like 12
Thanks for proving me right, that back in the day my head first "lunging" was faster than running through the bag :)
Go to the superimposition at ~1:21. The rotation of the body has put the "diver's" hand about 2 feet in front of the upright runner's foot. So IMO, the fastest method available is to tag the base with the hand at this stage of what I'd call the "lunge" (before the deceleration kicks in, as if the bag were at the 1 yard line instead of the 3 yard line if we call the solid line the 0 yard line).
The only downside is that the landing is even more violent as you are driving all the way through the tag and throwing your body at the bag.
+John Huff Lunging will still not allow you to reach 1B faster and in fact does not work if a first baseman moves to the home plate side of first base. Greater risk for a serious injury, in my opinion!
Thanks. Was wondering this.
1st base slinding is fighting spirit , not speed
Wha dude fu
I am a believer that diving is faster. This is a great study and I appreciate it. The only flaw is that this person is a very fast runner with great form. Would love to see this with slower runners as well. Sometimes it takes 2 more steps instead of 1 vs diving.
Slow Runner are probably fat, so thats gonna hurt alot
@@rslwannabe9475lol
Masterful!
Yeah but what about 2nd or 3rd base? You can't run through them
Yeah but at 1st you keep your volocity through the bag 2nd and 3rd you cant so diving is a little bit faster than running and slowing down
George Haddad usually, on 2nd and 3rd you need to be tagged so its a matter of sliding to avoid the tag, also sliding will help stopping at the base and not overuning it
+Wyatt Braam Running through is always faster than sliding. See the evidence!
Albert Figone ik But Tagging up you slide to avoid the tag
Im not stupid
The whole point of a slide is to rapidly slow your momentum so you can stop at the bag without going past, so how anyone would ever think that is faster than running full speed through the bag and maintaining that speed is beyond me. Even if you ignore the obvious momentum loss caused by the friction of sliding you still have to account for the time it takes to gather your feet properly in order to push off them on your dive to the ground (just like a hurdler has to gather their feet and time them properly before each hurdle). hate when guys slide into first, the only reason to ever slide into first is if you're trying to avoid a tag on a wide or high throw. First is the only base that you are allowed to run passed the bag without being tagged out and sense having to slop on a dime at the bag isn't an issue you don't have to find a way to stop your momentum before overshooting the bag you don't need to slide. Like some of you have said the reason players slide into the other bases is it's the fastest way to maintain speed for as long as possible and stop the quickest, being that the friction caused when a player slides on the ground is a fast way but also the safest way to stop completely without overrunning the bag plus if your sliding feet first the bag lets you use your momentum to pop up to your feet in one motion, and sliding head first you can reach out and grab the bag to keep you from having your momentum continue sliding you past the bag (this slide is more dangerous but it's upside is you have more control and maneuverability to change directions and avoid tags). if the rules allowed it on the other bases i guarantee you that you would see players running through them just the same as they do on first. Sorry I know that got a little long.
jamesonsix19 amen
jamesonsix19 it is not that serious never right a fucking essay in the comments of a UA-cam video again
Joetheawesome13579 stop being salty he apologized dipshit
the kinetic friction apparently causes the result. the fact has been known but this footage is the first that proves the fact. thank you.
The point of sliding isn’t really for to getting to the bag quicker, it’s to be harder to tagged while base running
You slide into first if the first baseman is pulled and is trying to tag you from behind
This literally makes perfect sense... that's why at first where you can run through it no one slides, however it would be fucking stupid to run through second or third, and sliding there and at home is usually used to avoid a tag
The dive is only for a close play. As in avoiding a tag or just to look safe. It's harder for a ump to make a call when he can't really see if you hit the bag or not.
Everyone talking bout why this video stupid but nobody talking bout the FPS
It was made 5 yrs ago
@@heisenberg1852 it was made 15 years ago 😂 second five years ago was 2014. Well now 2015 for me. But it’s not that long ago
I gotta show this to my coach who be making the whole team slide everywhere. Like for real
Never slide into first, You can dislocate your shoulder, dislocate a finger, You can give yourself a concussion too. It slows you down also, Always run threw first.
It’s mainly used for avoiding tags and to not overrun second and third. That’s why people don’t dive into first as it’s unnecessary
You also slide into second or third because it’s easier to decelerate with the slide while making contact with the bag. If you run into second you would have to decelerate because you can’t run past the bag, thus making running and decelerating to stop at the bag slower than diving (which also has more chances of avoiding the tag).
Interesting nonetheless
So, if he dove from a closer distance it would work.
I love sport science!
Depends on the throw and when u don’t dive it gives the teger a easier chance of raging u out
Everyone saying "this is dumb, no one slides into first" has clearly never seen Brett Gardner play
That dudes arms are shredded apart
The only reason you dive into first or home is to avoid being tagged out. If it’s a force play you run through first or home no matter what. The only time you would ever dive into first is if either the first baseman or the pitcher fields a ground ball and can’t step on the base in time to get the force out at first. The only time you dive into first is to avoid getting tagged out which is pretty rare at first base because 90% of the plays there are force plays.
Okay, no one dives into first
Well when you dive, it’s not purely for speed, it’s to avoid the tag
It’s not like those 10 milliseconds would make ANY difference😂
Noah Kosman it’s does lol
Diving hurts lol. Sense I’m small it’s like I’m already diving so I run my little legs as far as I can go.
You don't slide to get there faster, you slide to avoid the tag
if you dive into first and the first basemen misses the ball you are far more likely to not be able to make it to quickly stand up and run to second base in time
Brett Gardner needs to see this
In my opinion, it's doesn't matter about how fast you get there, it's just good if you don't get tagged. If you dive, it's harder to get tagged.
if its a force out they dont have to tag you
If you think about what this video shows, doing a late slide into first is the fastest way to do it. Not what we does in the video, I’m talking and really late slide
This just proves that you can slide 8 feet away rather than 10 and it would be faster
So dive a second later and be graceful with your landing using only your hand to touch the base
Not a tag play people, this is 1st base. Now to my point, not sliding gives you on average one more foot plant (step) where you maintain traction. Talk to a motocross rider, as soon as your wheels leave the ground, you slow down.
Who dives head first into first?
Go ahead and try overrunning 2nd or 3rd base... see how well that turns out for you and let me know.
I think that players would dive into first base so it would be harder for the umpire to make the call and would hopefully call him safe but now there is no point in doing that now because of the replay challenge can just overturn the call.
The BANDICAM in the top!😂
Sliding isn't meant to be faster. It's meant to keep yourself from overrunning the bag and to avoid tags.
I would argue that it's faster to slide when you need to stop. When running, you would have to slow down to stop at the base
Even if diving were faster it would still be bad because it throws off the umpires hearing. At first an umpire is listening for the sound of the ball hitting the glove and the sound of the foot hitting the bag. But if the runner slides it throws that off completely.
there's a difference between diving and sliding
Yea sliding is gay diving is how it should be done every time
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Compare this with Shaunae Miller's winning dive. If Shaunae had enough energy, she could have continued running and done an even faster time, and still won. BUT, she was drained, so she dove everything out, and fortunately she was lucky to have edged Allyson. As you'd have seen, after the race they were COMPLETELY DRAINED. That alone could tell you that she couldn't have run anymore at the required speed to win, which is why it was better to dive and try to win the gold, rather than continue running slower due to a lack of energy, at the risk of a sure second place.
You dive into first when he pulls his foot and trys to stage you, that way you can dodge the tag, and all the other bases its for safety not speed
So they did a study to prove that running is faster than not running.
Then dive when closer
Then you'll slide over the bag
sliding isn't to get to the bag faster, its to get under the second,third, or catcher to not get taged
When is a steal is better the head slide
because you can avoid the tag ...that give you more time
It's first base dummie
+VS Knives well then this video is pointless because no duh running is faster and like u said u can just run through and not get tagged out
Well nobody slides into first because we can run through it and it's a force out not where you have to tag, so if they're going to second or third they slide to avoid the tag
They are not stupid, they understand baseball and why you slide. Some of the very fast players in the show, tend to slide into first base. Even when avoiding the tag is not necessary. That is what this is about.
For all you saying that you just slide to avoid the tag, that is true, but this test was to see if diving into first would beat out the throw compared to running through.
normaly in baseball you would run threw first base or from first to second and so on. my baseball coach told us that when you run to first you would run threw or to the other bases. he never told us to slide to first
The only time you dive into first is when you are being picked off by the pitcher
You only dive into first to avoid collision.
Whats the best way to slide? Arm or leg first?
yeah but if you keep running, you just can easily get out, while if you slide you will avoid the basemans glove
When u slide, ur trying to get lower than where your foot would be in the air. In other words, ur foot takes longer to come down than sliding does.
When you have no clue how baseball works.
But you’re good at science.
Never slide at first. I never have
Ya. Diving is way slower. U dive to avoid being tagged
Exactly.... 🤦🏼♂️
The posting on this site only relates to first base which you can run through or over run similar to home. Runners, in my opinion, should never slide head first into any base or home. At IB, if the first baseman comes off the base toward home, one can avoid a tag as follows:
1. The first baseman can't be in the baseline he or she will be called for obstruction. One should bent-leg slide away from the first baseman as you're allowed a body length distance away from him or her (assuming a wide throw to home plate side of base).
2. The key is to read the first baseman or anyone else covering first and bent-leg slide on the foul side of the base and tag the base with left or right hand. This is called a bent-leg fadeaway slide.
3. The bent-leg pop-up and fadeaway slides to each side of a base or home is rarely executed correctly especially in MLB. Some excellent coaches at any level can teach the slides and the hook slide.
4. A head first is not faster than a bent-slide at any base or home. Multiple studies verify my assertion. The head first exposes the upper body including the neck and spine to paralysis. I have found 10 players who have been paralyzed for life sliding head first. The last one was Cory Hahn at Arizona State in 2010. Look it up on Google under his name or mine. I wrote extensively about the dangers of a head first slide in Collegiate Baseball and in my book: See More and Talk Less: Teaching and Applying The Mental Aspects of Baseball.
5. Routinely practice bent-leg sliding! Waiting or not practicing sliding until one has to is a recipe for disaster.
Thanks to all of you who responded. Your comments on this missive are welcomed and invited. Best of luck to all of you in and out of baseball.
Respectfully,
Al Figone
www.alfigonepublishing.org
But if you slide with the only goal to get faster to the base, you should not do it to far from the base, you have to throw yourself closer and straight to the base.
Think about it, if you are in a rase and you throw yourself in the last second on the goal line you would probably beat the guy that is next to you.
Same in baseball, if you slide to early you will slow down a bit, but if you throw on the base you'll get faster.
nobody slides at first. But second is totally different because you cant over run the base so you have to slow down
id still like to see this tested at second and third where you can't run through the bag in order to stop safely on the bag you would have to slow down so would sliding to second and third produce the same results
I was always taught that you cannot slide into first ever. I was always taught that you have to run through first base. But now if you are talking 2nd, 3rd, or home then yea it's to help dodge a tag and I've knocked a catcher or two sliding into home lol
"If it were faster to slide, on a 100m sprint, sprinters would slide at the finish line".
That might hurt a bit
It is faster to slide when any part of the body touches the finish line/base, like outstretched hand. In running outstretched hands don't count, your time is recorded when your chest reaches the line.
Sliding to dodge a tag play a game where one team is only allowed to slide and one isn't see who wins if they're roughly the same skill the sliding team will
love how this is recorded with Bandi cam 😂
Thats 10 milliseconds faster
Why thank you for that intense math you did for us
The reason you slide is lsnt to get there faster it’s to avoid the tag
Only applicable for 1st and home base though...
You can't run through 2nd and 3rd like that
You run through the bag unless the throw beat you and it was off target so avoid it by sliding.
you don’t dive to go faster you dive to avoid tags
Diving makes it a tougher call on the umpire and increases the chances of being called safe by causing an illusion. However with replay now, it isn't nearly as infective. Unless dodging a tag, run through the bag!!!
they should of tested dive sliding vs regular sliding.
Wow
You relize that you have to slow down when you run to 2nd and 3rd cause you can’t over run it!
Sliding isn’t for speed it is for avoiding a tag or trying to make it harder for the second or third baseman to tag them
The only question I have is if he were to WAIT another step to dive so that his had touches the bag before his body hits the ground, would that make a significant difference?
Can’t wait to play some baseball and be the dude that says “hey guys. It’s faster to run through first. Then slide into it.” I’m gonna get those “really nigga” facial expressions.
So the fastest method is to dive so that you touch base while your feet is still kicking the dirt
what about a late dive it said it took the lead until his foot left the ground if he dove when he would reach the bag before his foot left the ground it would be faster
They forgot that diving is to help you avoid the tag not to get there faster
+James Curtis How will diving allow you to avoid a tag?
And like Yankee Stadium, and Dodger Stadium, they have sliding pits from an artificial grass run-up, like the Kingdome in the 80's.
*FULL 90'S BOYSS*