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Originally Posted by mbyron
I was with you right up till here. You're right to call the balk, but wrong about the reason.
The correct reason is that a jump turn is not a legal disengagement or "step off." To be legal disengagement, the free foot is the only thing that can move.
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I ruled as such because when he started his "jump turn" he was in contact with the rubber and the turn is an extension of hie contact.
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Charles Johnson Jr
NFHS Class #1 softball/baseball
ASA/USSSA
Dayton, Ohio
I have been umpiring so long that it was called Rounders when I started.
