Pickoffs from the windup?

[cbfoulds]

Couple of thoughts:

1) The question "does this apply to FED" also reveals why a lot of youth ball coaches and players [and some umps] are shocked when they do see a properly-executed pick from the wind-up. Folk get used to the FED rule that F1 can't pick from the WU, and forget the BRD when they leave FEDlandia at the end of the school year.

2) And for those "you don't see this/ it won't work @ higher levels": uhh, I don't know about that. Did a Legion District Tourney last year and one pitcher picked two guys absolutely clean out of their sneakers in sucessive innings. Had to explain to the coach that in non-FED ball, a pick from the windup is perfectly legal: he'd never seen it done. Have to admit it was the first time I'd ever seen it attempted: fortunately my "HUH, what was that??!??" reaction forced/ permitted me to replay what I saw and to recall that this was not a HS game; and kept me silent long enough to make the correct non-call.