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I could be misunderstanding what you mean here, but this seems wrong to me.
If you have a runner on first, base hit, and you have no shot to get the runner at third (but that runner scoring is unlikely), the correct throw is to second to keep the batter from advancing an extra base. In this case, you threw behind the lead runner.
In a game situation this would be a "soft cut". You would still be throwing "home" but the cut would be far enough in front of the plate (30 feet lets say) that the batter/runner would have to hold at 1B.
OF should ALWAYS throw to a base. At high levels of softball if you throw behind the lead runner teams will run on you.
Scenario: Runner on 1B and hard single to RF (but no play on the batter/runner at 1B). If you throw behind the lead runner to 2B to prevent the batter/runner from going to 2B the runner on 3B has an excellent chance of scoring from 3B (as a proper 3B coach has already identified your weakness in relays and cuts).
OF should always throw to a base. It's amazing how many teams at all levels fail to do proper cuts and relays. You can always tell how well a team is coached but how they execute cuts and relays.