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Originally Posted by GrumpUmp
Must be true for softball for those organizations that allow head first slides. Article. |
An elementary law of physics would say that sliding on the ground is slower than running. On ice is probably the opposite. Gravity? Bah! Sliding on the ground creates FRICTION, which slows the body. The only time to slide into 1B is to avoid a tag on a wide throw.
Peters mentions 'diving'. If the body is going through the air, without contacting the ground, diving probably is faster. But not sliding along the ground.
Bob