{"id":1417,"date":"2016-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/how-to-slide-head-first\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:53:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:53:44","slug":"how-to-slide-head-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/how-to-slide-head-first","title":{"rendered":"How To Slide Head First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How To Slide Head First<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span contenteditable=\"false\" data-mce-object=\"iframe\" class=\"mce-preview-object mce-object-iframe\" data-mce-p-allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-p-frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-p-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tzJd4MasLHI\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tzJd4MasLHI\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><span class=\"mce-shim\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcription:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;<\/strong>Hi, my name is Clint Chalk. I\u2019m a former college baseball player and CoachUp coach &#8212; and this is the head first slide. It\u2019s important to learn proper sliding technique to beat the tag and prevent injury. When sliding head first into a base, it\u2019s important to read the position of the fielder to see where he\u2019s going to receive the ball, and you\u2019re gonna slide to the opposite part of the bag. For this example, we\u2019re going to slide to the outside half of the base with our hands in a ball. Our momentum is gonna take us into the bag, the wrist of our hand is going to hit the bag, we\u2019re going to look away from where the throw is coming in from, also to prevent injury, to the inside half of the face.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Slide Head First Transcription:&nbsp;&#8220;Hi, my name is Clint Chalk. I\u2019m a former college baseball player and CoachUp coach &#8212; and this is the head first slide. 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