Running to 1B on a Dropped third strike

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Originally Posted by UMPIRELARRY

I was umpiring a Fast Pitch game a few weeks ago and encountered a 16U team whose players always ran to 1B on a 3rd strike, regardless of whether or not the ball was dropped, and regardless of the situation (i.e. even when 1B was occupied)? Obviously this is done to confuse the defense into throwing the ball around,

Or the coach just doesn't want the batter to have to THINK about when they can run, so it's easier for him/her to just tell them to run on every event.