HotCornerDad, you're right. You have to have the heart of a thief and so, you're going to get picked off with the step off. However, I run all of this and so, I take the pressure off of the kid. I think I know the teams in our area so well that I know what most of them are going to do before they know what they are going to do.
MontanaDad, We want your son to throw over. We want his best deceptive move. When he begins (not step off) we figure he will use some deceptive action to make it look like he is going to the plate. Then, he will throw that ball over. He has to throw if he begins. We figure we can steal second before the 1st baseman receives that ball and throws to second. Now, there are other rules here as well but I don't want to post them. Some of you other guys that run this as well, know the baserunner's rules.