Balk question

[khumbert45]

Do you happen to know where in the rules or casebook it references this? I just want to have some backup to this when I talk to the coaches that I work with. I know that you are able to come to balance, then wheel around to 2nd base to attempt a pickoff there.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by khumbert45

Do you happen to know where in the rules or casebook it references this? I just want to have some backup to this when I talk to the coaches that I work with. I know that you are able to come to balance, then wheel around to 2nd base to attempt a pickoff there.

NCAA covers it best, but I don't know that this will help you convince a coach:

(1) The pitcher, while touching the pitcher's rubber, must step toward the base, preceding or simultaneous with any move toward that base. The pitcher is committed, upon raising the lead leg, to throw to the base being faced, to second base or to the plate. When throwing or feinting a throw to a base not being faced, the pitcher must step immediately, directly and gain ground toward that base.

[khumbert45]

Thanks for the NCAA reference. I am going to dig through the NFHS case book tonight to see if there is something similar there. That all sounds like it makes a lot of sense though.