Can Runner Run????

[Greenmonsters]

The runner is allowed 1 stop and reversal of direction. They can round the base, stop, and choose to either advance or return. If no play is made on them or any other runner, after the stop, which ever direction they choose to go, they must proceed non stop to that base, unless the pitcher makes a play on them. The rule book says they must make an immediate decision. The clinics I have attended and most umpires I work with give a quick 1-2 count and then call them out if they havent moved. But, some umpires do call it almost immediately. If they round the base and stop without moving for more than just a second or 2, they are likely to be called out.

FYI - proceeding non stop doesn't have to mean sprinting or running hard, it can be trotting, skipping, walking, which can torment an inexperienced team into "making a play" on the runner