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Originally Posted by DG
Agreed, not a lot of pickoffs, but, if you don't teach them to hold runners including a throw over, you will get stolen on a lot.
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As an Interested Ump/Coach/Fan we have been compiling statistics on Atlanta, Miami and Memphis competitive teams for quite some time now (20 years? ouch). This particular age group on this field size averages 12 SBs and .05 pick offs per game.
The determination is that the base lengths and speed of players are heavily in favor of the offense.The exchange rates (F1->F2->Fx) are such that the slowest of U12 players has a considerable opportunity to collect SBs over a season. Included in this equation are a high percentage of Es natural for this age group.