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Originally Posted by justanotherblue
Matt, as Steve said here, as long as he gains distance toward first, it's legal. Obviously, with a jump turn, F1 has the directional part of the rule covered. What you will see is the non-pivot foot often lands behind the pivot foot, away from the base, hence, not gaining distance nor direction, therefore a balk.
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I'm having trouble understanding your worry. The free foot has to gain distance and direction toward 1B
relative to where it was when F1 came set. I don't think you can do a jump turn toward 1B and fail to accomplish this.
The most common balk during a jump turn might be failing to throw to 1B.