My teenage daughter has started sliding and landing more on her knee than on her calf / thigh. Every slide is now re-opening whatever scab was starting to develop over the huge scrape that's right below her kneecap, and it's now to the point that during a tryout last night, she "aborted" a requested pop-up slide into 2B, but then completed the drill with a single slide into home.
Obviously - the solution is "don't slide on your knee". She has another tryout tonight. Does anyone have any: a.) tips for bandaging the knee (I tried wrapping w/ athletic tape over the bandage this weekend - didn't seem to work, as it still tore off or rolled down after one slide) and/or b.) mental cues to help get her confidence back and slide correctly?
Obviously - the solution is "don't slide on your knee". She has another tryout tonight. Does anyone have any: a.) tips for bandaging the knee (I tried wrapping w/ athletic tape over the bandage this weekend - didn't seem to work, as it still tore off or rolled down after one slide) and/or b.) mental cues to help get her confidence back and slide correctly?