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When you get to tourney play, watch the opposing catcher's throwdown. You may still find you can steal with most of your batters on about a third to half of the catchers (maybe more if you're 12U). With a runner on 3rd, the steal on the pitch after a walk is MUCH safer than just taking 2nd on the walk itself. The throw from catcher to 2nd to catcher is much more likely to score a run (if they actually throw it to 2nd, and not a cutoff player) than pitcher to 2nd to catcher (not to mention that on the walk play, R1 has to be glued to the base, whereas she can be leading off when catcher is throwing the ball).
You never mentioned the age of your team, or where you're at in the country.
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