Usssa rules

[sftblldad7]

Played first USSSA tournament today. Play at the plate runner did not slide ran into the catcher was told that runner does not have to slide.
Double play ball runner runs into shortstop ( did not slide ) was told again runners do not have to slide
Is this really the rules for USSSA ?

 

[redhotcoach]

I don't know of any association that runners are required to slide.

 

[Comp]

No rule requires the runner to slide but there are rules about malicious or flagrant contact. Would be umpires judgment as to if the contact was or was no malicious.

 

[SoCal_Dad]

The general rule is the runner has to slide or avoid contact (whenever possible).

USSSA Sec 18. Any runner is out when the runner:

B. slides illegally and causes illegal contact and/or illegally alters the actions of a fielder in the immediate act of making a play on him.
PENALTY: The runner is out and the ball is dead immediately and interference is called.
NOTE: Runners are never required to slide but, if the runner elects to slide, the slide shall be legal.

C. does not legally attempt to avoid a fielder in the immediate act of making a play on him.
PENALTY: The runner is out and the ball remains live unless interference is called.
NOTE: Jumping, hurdling, and leaping are all legal attempts to avoid a fielder only if the fielder is lying on the ground.

 

[SoCal_Dad]

Double play ball runner runs into shortstop ( did not slide ) was told again runners do not have to slide

Need more info on this play. Was the runner out before they ran into F6? If so, was F6 clearly attempting to make a play on another runner? Did the defense really have an opportunity to make another out?