In Badali v. State, 54 Ill.Ct.Cl. 340, 341 (2001), the Claimant injured his shoulder while trying to become a walk-on player on a university baseball team. The Claimant had been participating in practices with the team for three weeks when the coach announced before a practice game that he had a mandatory headfirst slide rule. Id. The coach warned that a player who failed to slide headfirst would be penalized by running or cut from the team. Id. The Claimant had never done such a slide before and was scared by the prospect of sliding headfirst. Id. In the course of the game, the coach signaled for the Claimant to steal second base. Id. When the Claimant attempted to do so by sliding headfirst, his arm struck the second baseman's left leg, twisted behind the Claimant, and his shoulder pulled from the socket. Id. In denying the Claimant's subsequent negligence suit, the Badali Court noted that, in a contact sport, risks and dangers created by the activity are assumed. Id. at 343. The Court further noted that a college student has the ability to make decision, and that "the facts demonstrated that the Claimant understood and accepted the dangers of the sport of baseball. He knew and understood the dangers of sliding into a base. Claimant chose to play in a game in which physical contact among participants is inherent in the conduct of the game." Id. "To find the coach negligent we would have to ignore Claimant's decision to slide headfirst. This raises the standard of care to a degree not required by the law." Id.