The Champion Sports Breakaway Safety Base Set is designed to reduce the potential for injuries sustained during sliding. On impact, the top pad breaks away from the bottom plate. The pad of the base is engineered to maintain vertical rigidity, to support a player standing on the base, while maximizing horizontal flexibility so that the pad will flex on impact. The plate of the base is designed to be streamlined and low to the ground to allow the player to smoothly slide over the plate.