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The 10U baserunning rules are a bit of an odd mix.
It is not illegal for a baserunner at 10U to run the bases the same way as any other FP softball player. Notice she is allowed to do that.
It's just that the 10U baserunner is only entitled to advance so far. There is no penalty for running beyond where she is entitled to advance. Once the place is over, the baserunner's advance and/or score beyond what is allowed is nullified and the baserunner is returned.
She is only in jeopardy when she is between bases. She is not in jeopardy merely because she is beyond where she is entitled to be.
No baserunner is required to stand on home, neither is a 10U baserunner. I don't see how the second sentence in 8-4H-1 can be construed to mean that.
A 10U baserunner who advances home when she is not entitled to advance home is not abandoning her base; she is advancing farther than the rules allow.
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Tom
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