Our girls are taught to run on strike 3 to 1B no matter what. Dropped or not dropped. Even if less than 2 outs and a runner on 1B. Our head coach likes to just keep the girls hustling and sprinting.
At younger ages it draws an errant throw sometimes and at older age groups not at all. By then those catchers know when to throw and when not to throw. We are a 14U team playing up in an 18U showcase format tournament this weekend using modified ASA rules; bat up to 11 and courtesy runners (last batted out or sub)for pitcher and catcher. Our girls sprint to 1B on a strike 3 almost as a punishment and also to get in the habit of being ready to run down the line on a dropped third strike. The ump warned my coach that this was deception and he could call both the batter and the base runner out for "deception" if a runner was on 1B and there were less than two outs.
Has anyone heard of this rule?
He also used an example of deception if the fielder fakes like a throw is coming in and the base runner slides (ie runner going to 2b on a hit to RF, SS pretends to have a play and the runner slides but there is no throw) that he could have the player ejected for deception. I know some LL organizations have some kind of rule for that in place. I didn't think there was a rule for that in ASA.
Is there a rule for either case?
At younger ages it draws an errant throw sometimes and at older age groups not at all. By then those catchers know when to throw and when not to throw. We are a 14U team playing up in an 18U showcase format tournament this weekend using modified ASA rules; bat up to 11 and courtesy runners (last batted out or sub)for pitcher and catcher. Our girls sprint to 1B on a strike 3 almost as a punishment and also to get in the habit of being ready to run down the line on a dropped third strike. The ump warned my coach that this was deception and he could call both the batter and the base runner out for "deception" if a runner was on 1B and there were less than two outs.
Has anyone heard of this rule?
He also used an example of deception if the fielder fakes like a throw is coming in and the base runner slides (ie runner going to 2b on a hit to RF, SS pretends to have a play and the runner slides but there is no throw) that he could have the player ejected for deception. I know some LL organizations have some kind of rule for that in place. I didn't think there was a rule for that in ASA.
Is there a rule for either case?