jumping to avoid a tag

[Guest ump]

Can a runner jump and leap to avoid a tag when the fielder has the ball

[JSam21]

It depends on the rule set... OBR yes... FED... only of the fielder in on the ground and they may never dive over a fielder.

[Guest ump]

The catcher is waiting for the runner at home and as the runner approaches he jumps up to try to avoid the tag===can that be done

 

[udbrky]

7 minutes ago, Guest ump said:

The catcher is waiting for the runner at home and as the runner approaches he jumps up to try to avoid the tag===can that be done

 

What rule set? OBR? FED? NCAA? Other?

[noumpere]

Whether than ask "what rule set" why not just answer for the one(s) you know?

 

A runner can always jump.

 

He can't, in FED (or "HS" rules), jump *over* the fielder, unless the fielder is lying on the ground.  He can't in FED, ever dive over the fielder.

No such restrictions in NCAA or OBR.

[MACaronniNCheEZ]

Did the runner exit the base path?

I certainly wouldn't encourage it, but there isn't a governing rule (that I'm aware of) that restricts a runner from leaving their feet to avoid a tag..

 

i stand corrected.

[JaxRolo]

Rule set???

[LMSANS]

Since there were responses in all three, I merged them all.

 

[JSam21]

On ‎9‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 11:01 AM, MACaronniNCheEZ said:

Did the runner exit the base path?

I certainly wouldn't encourage it, but there isn't a governing rule (that I'm aware of) that restricts a runner from leaving their feet to avoid a tag..

For NFHS there most certainly is...

[Rich Ives]

2 hours ago, JSam21 said:

For NFHS there most certainly is...

You can't hurdle or dive but you can do a jumping ole move.

 

Of course both feet are off the ground at the same time when running too.  ;0

 

[JSam21]

2 minutes ago, Rich Ives said:

You can't hurdle or dive but you can do a jumping ole move.

 

Of course both feet are off the ground at the same time when running too.  ;0

 

And that isn't jumping over. Now... what constitutes "over"? I say torso

[noumpere]

6 minutes ago, JSam21 said:

And that isn't jumping over. Now... what constitutes "over"? I say torso

There's a specific case play where "jumping over the outstretched arms of F2" is LEGAL.

[BigUmpire]

Current USSSA book

7.07.G Whenever a tag play is evident, a runner must slide or seek to avoid contact with the fielder and / or catcher.
Attempting to jump, leap, or dive over the fielder and / or catcher is not interpreted as seeking to avoid contact.

[Rich Ives]

46 minutes ago, JSam21 said:

And that isn't jumping over. Now... what constitutes "over"? I say torso

Any body part. Only exception is if the fielder is lying on the ground. 

 

And I wanted to clarify your comment that leaving your feet is illegal in FED.

[Thunderheads]

58 minutes ago, Rich Ives said:

Any body part. Only exception is if the fielder is lying on the ground. 

 

And I wanted to clarify your comment that leaving your feet is illegal in FED.

leaving your feet, in and of the act itself isn't necessarily illegal in FED

[Rich Ives]

3 hours ago, Thunderheads said:

leaving your feet, in and of the act itself isn't necessarily illegal in FED

I know that. The other poster said it was.

 

[Thunderheads]

15 hours ago, Rich Ives said:

I know that. The other poster said it was.

 

oops ....I see it now, my fault