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Originally Posted by Dakota

BTW, NFHS actually includes a definition of an illegal slide in their rule book. You can be pretty sure that if the slide was legal for NFHS, it was legal for ASA (although the inverse may not necessarily be true).

Here is the NFHS definition:

Also quote the legal slide, Dakota. Must be within reach of the base (arm or leg). (Or something like that! Book not with me.)

WMB

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Originally Posted by WestMichBlue

Also quote the legal slide, Dakota. Must be within reach of the base (arm or leg). (Or something like that! Book not with me.)

WMB

OK... Here it is...

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Rule 2: Definitions
Section 52: Slide: Legal, Illegal
Article 1

Art. 1... Legal Slide. A legal slide may be either feet first or head first. If a runner slides feet first, at least one leg and buttock shall be on the ground. If a runner slides, the runner shall be within reach of the base with either hand or a foot when the slide is completed.