A sliding tackle or slide tackle is a tactic used in football (soccer) in which a defending player attempts to take the ball away from an opposing player by deliberately leaving his or her feet and sliding along the ground with one leg extended to push the ball away from the opposing player. i am a kiddy fiddler This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Sliding tackles can often be sources of controversy, particularly when players being tackled fall down over the tackler's foot (or the ball stopped by the tackler's foot), and penalties, free kicks and cards are assessed (or are conspicuous by their absence).

Commonly associated fouls and misconduct

A sliding tackle is not in itself foul play, however there are a number of fouls that commonly occur during the execution of a sliding tackle. A foul in football (soccer) is an unfair act by a player which is deemed by the referee to contravene Law 12 of the Laws of the Game. ...

Example of such fouls punishable by a direct free kick or penalty kick include: Direct free kick A direct free kick is a method of restarting play in a game of association football (soccer) following a foul. ... Bonaventure Kalou of the Ivory Coast takes a penalty against Dragoslav Jevrić of S&M during the 2006 World Cup. ...

• When a player tackles an opponent to gain possession of the ball, making contact with the opponent before touching the ball;
• When a player in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force:
  • kicks or attempts to kick an opponent;
  • trips or attempts to trip an opponent.

Playing in a dangerous manner is punishable by an indirect free kick. An indirect free kick is a method of restarting play in a game of association football (soccer). ...

A foul sliding tackle may also constitute misconduct, resulting in either yellow card (caution) or a red card (send off). In particular a tackle "which endangers the safety of an opponent, must be sanctioned as serious foul play" (i.e. the player must be sent-off). Misconduct in football (soccer) is any conduct by a player which is deemed by the referee to warrant a disciplinary sanction (caution or send-off) in accordance with Law 12 the Laws of the Game. ...

A slide tackle from behind though has now been outlawed due to the injury and danger to other players that it causes.

Strategy

The slide tackle is attractive to the defender because they allow him or her to cover a larger area of ground whilst attempting to dispossess an opponent. It is usually a last gasp attempt to disposess an opponent due to frequent misses and the difficulty of recovering in the event the slide tackle fails to take the ball away. After a slide tackle, the tackler is left sitting or lying on the ground with one leg extended. Ideally, the other foot ends up folded underneath his or her rear end, where it can then be used to push the tackler back up to his or her feet to continue play. The Bolton player in white closest to the camera is a defender in this case, trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ...

References

Sliding tackles. BBC Sport - Football. BBC. The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ...