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Originally posted by CecilOne
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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
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Also, the elimination of the "about to receive" IS a safety issue as it will mean the defender needs to learn how to accept a throw and THEN move into the basepath which is the way it is supposed to be done to begin. It is my opinion that coaches who believe entering the basepath prior to receiving the ball are fools, especially at the youth level.
This is the rule at the international level and it works quite well.
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The players I see do not have international level skill. Also consider the throw pulling the fielder into the basepath, not coaching. Yes, "accept a throw and THEN move into the basepath" is the right way, but we already know that every coach won't get every fielder to do it right, although I certainly agree they should not be there deliberately.
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I wasn't aware rules were to be viewed as exclusive to a persons schedule. The players and coaches will never even see competitive ball if they don't learn to play the game in which they are participating. If that is their attitude toward the game, there really wouldn't be any need for an umpire.
And I don't care about the throw drawing the fielder into the basepath, that is still obstruction.