When making the tag at home and it is obvious the runner is not going to slide, should the catcher still drop and make the tag low or should she stand tall and make the tag?
My daughter is not making a hard tag, at least not intentionally. The issue is she is not dropping to her knee to make a tag if the runner is obviously not sliding. She does get into an athletic stance, not standing straight up, and makes the tag around the stomach to chest height. Her coach wants her to drop to her knee as if the runner was sliding. In my opinion this is just asking for her to get run over and hurt.