Here's a pickoff from the windup that my son executed from the windup position last season. This is a 13U team.
The situation was R2 and R3.
We had a comfortable lead late in the game and he was pitching from the windup position as we were mostly showing defensive indifference at this point.
But R2 was taking a ridiculously large lead. He was taking one of those "in your face" leadoffs.
So, we decided to make an example of this young man ... on principle.
If you watch the video closely, you can see our catcher signal the pickoff maneuver.
The BU called the R2 out, but the PU called it balk claiming, "He didn't step off, coach." This was a game played under OBR rules (USSSA). The PU called mostly high school games and was one of those umpires who only bothers learning ONE set of rule ... FED.
I informed him that the pitcher didn't need to step off. He finally agreed but I didn't feel the need to push the issue and embarrass him since it was pointless. He was wrong and apologetic.
Here's the maneuver:
http://www.eteamz.com/HoustonHS/vide...up_pickoff.mov
David Emerling
Memphis, TN