Ok, I am sure at soem point, this was probably discussed on here. I did look some but didnt see a thread on it, so I figured I would ask. What is the rule for avoiding a collision when there is a play at home plate? I imagine it is the same for a play at any plate that isnt a force out. My daughter is our high school catcher. A runner came home from 3rd as the throw was coming home. She was set up about at the front edge of the plate, with both feet on the 3rd base side, so just inside the foul line. As she caught the ball and started to turn to her left to try making the tag, the runner was right there and stepped over her left leg to try to stretch to reach the plate with her foot and nailed my daughter with her left knee in the knee/calf area and laid her out. The runner stayed on her feet and was safe. She never tried to slide or avoid the collision at all. What is the rule for this? I thought the runner was required to slide, run around the fielder or basically give up to avoid a hard collision like that. This is NFHS rules. This is one rule I never see called or enforced. There are just too many girls who are afraid to slide for whatever reason. I would think for safety reasons, it would be a rule they would tightly enforce. This is a case where the runner should have slid or she could of easily went a little wide to the outside and avoided most of the contact.