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Our 14U program is split pretty equally with 13 and 14 year old players. The 13 year olds are just now moving up to the big diamond and have not had any experience yet with balks and lead offs. What we do to help these players make the transition is hold an instructional league in the fall. In that league we are extremely lenient about calling balks and do quite a bit of instruction to both the pitchers and coaches so they know what to expect from us when the Spring and Summer seasons start. If you're talking about something similar I can see the instructors point. If you're talking about USSSA or select ball where the players have been leading off on a modified 70' diamond in 12U, then I think you should have called the balk.
For J/V and Frosh games we call the balks. These players have all had at least one or two years on the big diamond and should know how to play the game.
Tim.
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