NFHS balk rule revisted

[bossman72]

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

You did not specify what position F1 was in. The wind-up or set.

In OBR from the wind-up F1 can pick-off a runner WITHOUT disengaging OBR 8.01(2)

In FED, F1 cannot pick-off a runner from the wind-up WITHOUT disengaging.

If your instructor was talking about F1 in the set position then he is wrong. If F1 was in the Wind-up position then he is correct.

Pete Booth

Good catch pete! One of the tricky differences between OBR and FED