How To Slide Tackle Properly: Understand The Scenarios

Slide tackling is an art. Get it right and it can save your team from potentially conceding a goal. Get it wrong and you could be taking an early bath or even risk seriously injuring an opponent or yourself. This video explains 3 different scenarios of when we might need to slide tackle and how to execute the skill. 00:00 Intro - Why slide tackle and misconceptions 01:38 The head-to-head slide tackle 04:16 Sliding to stop a cross or shot 05:38 Wrapping leg around to 'nick' ball