I play 12U softball, and for years, I've never been able to slide. I've tried and tried and I gave up hope until I found this video. I have my mind set on practicing sliding, until I get it right. Thank you for video! ❤️

Someone the other day at my softball game broke her ankle sliding into home, figured I should probably make sure I know what I’m doing lol, thanks for the video!

Hi Meg, this was a very simple and efficient demonstration. I'm a new coach and I think this is the best explanation I've seen, to teach my 11 year olds! Great job!

I watched a few videos on sliding, but none had the depth and clear explanations of this. Thanks for doing this Meg! My daughter will benefit.

Also appreciated this video as I'm a head first slider and this softball league is feet first only. I'm a soccer player as well and I usually tackle the base, so watching this has helped me remember the basics and not slide tackling the base or someone.

I saw this video and tried this with my girls yesterday and it was the best idea ever!!! They now have confidence to slide in dirt

Great progression demo, starting at 4:13. Very useful!

This video is sooo helpful, i've never been able to slide due to panicing, this video allowed me to be able to slide in 30 mins.

EXACTLY what I was looking for. This is a great video for beginning sliders and I have been looking through everything out there. Thank you so much. Can't wait to try it with my players!

Wow, what a great video. I've been playing baseball for almost 40 years and been coaching Little League for several. I've tried all sorts of sliding drills and watched countless videos, but still about half the boys (including my son) have a problem with tucking their bent leg under itself (which could easily result in injury). I am so glad I found this video, there's not a better instructional on KZfaq. After about two minutes on the first step, my boy (who until 10 minutes ago was scared to slide) is now driving me nuts trying to do pop up slides on a mat in the kitchen. Thank you very much!!!

I fell like all your videos have made me a better softball player thank you so much for your help!!

Thanks Megan for the sliding tip.i watched this vid because tommorow is my first day at soft ball practice

I'm in highschool softball right now and I broke my shin a few years ago sliding and since then I can never bring myself to do it again, so it's really sucked. This was on my fyp and it's like KZfaq was reading my mind

Great vid. One of the better sliding videos.

I am watching this before I go to school. I have my first softball practice this year. We have to learn how to slide this year

Every single time I try to slide I can't because I always get inside of my head and I'm in all-stars right now we have to do sliding ALOT! Thank you for teaching me!

Thank you so much for making this video! I slid at my last game and I ended up scraping my knee because I slid incorrectly.

hey meg you've been such a big help to me i could never get my body to slide i guess but i was sliding on my hardwood floor lol while watching you video step by step and now i think i can kinda do it lol

Great video Very helpful We will definitely apply this with our 12s and 14s. Thank you Meg🙏🏾🥎👍🏾

Can you do a video on head first sliding and when to go head first and the benefit of sliding head first

I have a 10 year old that broke her left wrist last fall with poor sliding techniques. Good video. Getting on the slip and slide this weekend!

I’m in 14U and never got taught how to slide. This helped

I am terrified to slide i have never done it and it is my third year thank you it made me a lot more comfortable with it.

I been trying to slide for awhile and I could never do it but watch this and other has help me a lot thanks Meg

Meg, I loved this video it is really helping me ease into sliding I’ve been playing for a few years now and I just joined a travel team and I’m super excited to be confident in my sliding to be able to do it in games + tournaments! Do you have a video on diving back to the base?

Thanks bc my coach didn't even teach us how to and we have a game today

Thank you this helped so much!!

5:40 and 6:53 this is just a time stamp for me

I can slide on grass super easily but struggle a lot on dirt, I’m going to try this out right now (Edit:) I just tried it and I was able to slide for the first time on dirt!! Thank you so so much

This video is great, I’ve always been a head first ever since 11u and heading into 15u I wanted to try normal sliding since it is quite painful sliding headfirst

Great explanations, sharing it with my team

Thanks Megan great skills Can wait to work with my daughter

Just moved to 10 u and I have never slid before thanks!

I’m in high school I was never taught to slide as a kid and now we are learning I’m hoping this video helps me

After 8+ years of comp softball and I still suck azz at sliding, jacked up my legs yesterday from sliding and I have my first home game of the season tomorrow💀 I gotta slide right or else I'mma really feel it😭 If you want to see an injury that will motivate you to slide better my leg will definitely help lmfao

Thank you so much this helped me a lot!!

Coach Meg, Where can I get a mat and slide screen cover?

Great video! I also slide a little to one side but I’m seeing videos that say equal on each cheek but hat seems a little awkward!

I love it

I love it!😍

Can you do a video about diving back to base ? Your videos are so helpful to my 10u travel player. She is learning how to do this but could use some extra tips.

So good

Thek you 🤩

Thx so. Much meg because I have a game and I have to side witch I never have so thx agian

thank you so much

Do you have any tips for this? About four months ago I fractured my left ankle sliding into second during practice and I’m scared to ever slide again because my mind says it will happen again.😢

How do you make this a link I’m watching this vid for softball and I want to put the link of this video in the essay that I have to right

Got a question Coach where could I get one of those mats at there awesome.

What do you recommend wearing so you don't tear up your skin

What are you sliding on? Looks like a netting on top of the mat? I always struggle trying to find something to teach sliding. I like that is padded with low friction.

Where do you get the mat from the first clip of you sliding?

Where do they sell those mats

I was giving up because of couldn't slide and I was the only one on my team not able to slide

What is that u are sliding on just a black mat

Where are your leggings from? Love them

5:42

Is it just me or do y'all think ur gonna brake ur knee or something and u go for a drive then when u dived ur like o I could have slipped

great tutorial but why do you always state 'girls' when boys will want to do this aswell?

longo

You're teaching how to get raspberry on your leg and j your wrist. Put your hands up like a rollercoaster. Lay back and slide evenly on your butt and back. No more nasty bloody rasbe.....

My sister did that and she quit