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Old Thu Mar 29, 2012, 11:30am
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Can a pitcher do this?

R1 - OBR
RHP (10u) is in his windup postion with both feet on the rubber with his hands together.

Facing the plate he slides his free foot directly towards first and tries to pickoff R1.

I've never seen THIS move before and I'm thinking that this is a balk... but he did step directly toward 1st...

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Old Thu Mar 29, 2012, 11:32am
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You have to mean the free foot.

In OBR it is legal to step and throw to a base from the windup. In FED it is not.

If you judge that he stepped before separating his hands and that the step was not the start of the pitch, then it would be legal under OBR.
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Old Thu Mar 29, 2012, 07:13pm
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It's also legal in NCAA.

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Old Sun Apr 01, 2012, 07:03pm
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R1 - OBR
RHP (10u) is in his windup postion with both feet on the rubber with his hands together.

Facing the plate he slides his free foot directly towards first and tries to pickoff R1.

I've never seen THIS move before and I'm thinking that this is a balk... but he did step directly toward 1st...
Completely legal in OBR
Totally illegal in FED
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