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Reply to "Against leg-lifting LHPs: You can instruct (or demand) that your R1s go first-move, but many won't"

I'm not sure there's a question there, but... My son's travel coach taught LHP to read the base runner and throw to first if the runner broke on first move leg kick.  He went ballistic if a runner was able to steal on first move without a pickoff throw to first.  There is no umpire at 1st in this situation so even if it is a balk, is very difficult to see and call by the plate umpire.

If you are asking how to train runners to go on first move, like many things, nothing works better than pulling the kid from the game and letting him think about it on the bench for an inning or two.

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