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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
Baseball:
That was a dive and diving is ALWAYS illegal in NFHS. Hurdling is legal only if the fielder is lying on the ground. Penalty = out.
I could NOT find an equivalent rule in the NFHS softball rules - or maybe just looking in the wrong place.
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I'm curious about this "dive" concept. In NFHS if a runner slides head first, is this a "dive" and therefore illegal?
I see this:
Rule 2-52 Art. 1... Legal Slide. A legal slide may be either feet first or head first. yada, yada...
Didn't see anything in the Illegal Slide about "diving".
8.6.10 Note Jumping, hurdling and leaping are all legal attempts to avoid a fielder only if the fielder is lying on the ground.