In trying to explain this to parents, I confused myself (maybe ASA rule is different than LL?):
When the pitcher has the ball “in the circle” all play is supposed to stop.
Baserunners return to the last base touched unless they are more than halfway, in which case they may attempt to continue (at risk of being thrown out) to the next base and stop. As soon as the Pitcher has control of the ball in the circle, a Baserunner (BR) who was taking a lead off of a base and stops has two choices- promptly return directly to the last base touched or try for the next base until they either make it or an attempt is made to get them out. When returning to the base, they cannot stop, change direction or step off the base again after returning to it, or they will be called out.
This would indicate that when the pitcher has the ball in the circle, the BR can still choose to try for the next base(like a delayed steal) when I always expect that the BR can only return to the last base touched. When we do delayed steals, we always run as soon as the catcher throws the ball back to the pitcher, no later.
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