It is still a balk.
It is not an automatic in my opinion. I just said it sounds like a balk to me. It does not sound to me from the story that the pitcher was doing something in his normal motion. The rulebook uses the word habitual as their description of what the pitcher can do. All that means is their movement has to be part of their regular or normal motion. If that movement is not normal, then you can call a balk. Kids at that level are usually not that smart enough to do little things to make it look normal. I am calling a balk in this case. I have also called a balk in this situation.
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