The Pickoff from the windup...revisited!

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"...BTW we are LL Juniors...."

I believe LL Juniors (ages 13-14) follow OBR (not absolutely sure though), so a pick-off from the wind-up position is allowed, provided the free foot steps directly to the occuppied base. F1 does not have to disengage.

In FED (High School rules), it is illegal to attempt a pick-off directly from the wind-up position (it's a balk if F1 doesn't disengage). Maybe the umpires assumed you were playing under FED rules.

In travel baseball at this age level, some AA teams play FED rules, others play OBR. When we have a travel baseball teams game, we usually ask the coaches at the plate conference what rules are they playing by - High School (FED) or pro rules (OBR)?

BTW, the Jim Evans video does cover this...