Orange 26 Report post Posted May 22, 2009 I was watching a very good, close game last night in our AAA little league championship. There was a close play at the plate where the catcher had good position, the throw was a little late, but the runner went head first into the catcher and knocked him back. He actually went more shoulder first into him, intentionally knocking him back, or "trucking him" as my son would say. The runner is a very good player but very wild. He's been warned about his head first slides before. The ump called the kid out AND they threw him out of the game. I had seen this kid do the head first slide before against my son's team and I saw him get issued a warning. I appreciate the league stepping up and making the call, I think it was the right one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Larry 0 Report post Posted July 30, 2009 Orange, Is this little league baseball? If so, the rulebook states that the only legal headfirst slides are back to the base. Also, I agree with you in that they did make the right call. The runner should never be "trucking" a player who is trying to make a play on them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Dykhoff 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2010 I also think that in any Little League sanctioned event there should be no head first sliding. I don't believe at that age the players can properly learn the head first slide and most coaches wouldn't teach it anyway. The only problem that I have is in my 13-14 Senior League we have the same rule of not being able to slide head first unless retreating back to the bag. I have the philosophy that at ages 13 and 14 you are very close to playing High School baseball and the kids should be learning what they are getting theirselves into. Our primary responsibility as coaches is to teach players to transfer to the next level (In my own opinion). Why can I not teach my players how to head first slide at the ages of 13 and 14 when they will be required to know how to do it when they get into Junior Varsity in High School. Can someone please tell me if I have a valid complaint on my situation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites