Feet-First Slide · Wolfpack Drill 03

Teaches

A safe feet-first slide — figure-4 legs, back on the ground, hands up — so she can arrive at a base low, fast, and hard to tag.

Bring ● Base or soft mat ● Wet grass or a slide pad is ideal

Setup

Pick a soft grassy spot — ideally slightly wet so it's slippery.
Put the base or marker at the end of the slide area.
She wears long pants or sliders to protect her legs.

How it works

She jogs toward the base from 15 feet out.
About 5 feet before the base she starts the slide — one leg bends underneath, the other stays out straight.
The straight leg foot hits the front of the base.
Her back lies down on the ground as she slides — chin tucked toward her chest.
Hands stay UP so they don't catch and break on the ground.

Watch for

She slides on her BOTTOM and back, not on her hip or side.
One leg is tucked (forming a figure-4); the other is straight toward the base.
Hands UP the whole time — don't brace with the hands.

What to say

Figure 4.

Back down, hands up.

Chin to your chest.

Perfect slide!

High-five moments

Hands stay up through the whole slide.
She lands on the base with the straight leg, not past it.
She pops up on her feet right after with no lingering on the ground.

Make it easier

Practice the slide on a slip-and-slide or wet tarp with no base at first. Just the MOTION — hands up, figure 4, back down. No pressure.

Level it up

A real runner slides to beat a tag from a coach holding the ball at the base. Beat the tag = high-five, don't beat it = slide again.

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Key cue

“Back down, hands up, figure 4.”