Slip and slide is best that I have seen, especially with the younger ones. If you don't have one, you can also use a tarp with water. DD has also used a really fancy (and probably expensive) two piece sliding mat in an indoor practice but she said that it didn't really simulate sliding very well.I am coaching a 12U team and some of them are having trouble sliding. What are the best ways and drills that everyone teaches sliding?
A good piece of cardboard is what we used, and the girls enjoyed it more than the actual sliding mat we have. Sliding can be scary for some girls so it is imprtant to try and take some of the fear out of it by incorparting some fun in it. I am a 10U coach and we have some girls that slide like pros, and some that are still scared and need work.
That's a good one - I forgot about that!!! DD's little league team started out with cardboard on a hill. By the end of practice, the coaches and all of the parents joined in!!!
We did the exact sme thing, by the end of practice all the coaches and some parents were in a competition for the best cardboard pop up slide.