Catcher's Balk

[chsbasebal]

I had a catchers balk called against my team last season as an opponent tried to steal home, unfortunately it was with two outs in the bottom of the seventh of a 1-0 ballgame. I was unaware that there was a catchers balk in High School (so I definitely take the blame for it) The umpire explanation of the rule at the time was plausable enough, so no protest was lodged. However after consulting many different umpires throughout last season I have been getting all kinds of different interpretations of a catchers balk. (The rule book also confused me even more with the various interpretations)

If possible could someone explain the cathers balk to me and if anyone disagrees with this explanation, please comment as to why.

Thanks for your help.

Michael Mitchell
Christian High School
El Cajon CA