aschraam,
There are two variations on this move. What you are describing sounds more like a "jab step" than a "jump turn".
Both are legal in all codes as long as none of the other balk proscriptions is violated.
The ones most likely to occur that would make it a balk are:
1. The pitcher fails to gain "distance and direction" with his free foot on the step to 1B.
2. The pitcher "hesitates" at some point while executing the move.
I balked a RHP over the weekend for making a jab step move to 1B and failing to throw. Because it is considered a throw "from the rubber" even though the pivot comes off the rubber prior to the throw.
JM
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