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Make the sign clear The batter and runner both look for the coach's signal before play resumes. A player who missed it uses the agreed reset request.
Coaching Points Rehearse the reset request as part of the signs, not as a failure.
Common Mistakes A missed sign can create a safety and coordination problem.
Alternative Considerations Keep early-season sign sets small; add complexity only when understood.
Coaching exercise: not a national rule requirement.
Agree on the runner's rule This Mustang exercise explicitly uses Rule 9(O)(1), the unrestricted option. Regular-season leagues may instead adopt option (2) or (3); check first.
Coaching Points Have the runner repeat the rule and the return cue before adding a live pitcher.
Common Mistakes Familiar PONY branding does not erase Mustang's national menu of local options.
Alternative Considerations For a more restricted Mustang option, teach its timing at the affected base rather than practicing an illegal early departure.
Rules/safety: leads pickoff
Give a runner one decision A third-base coach sees the ball, relay and runner approaching. The coach uses the team's agreed stop or send signal clearly and early.
Coaching Points Practice communication with a jogging runner before adding a live relay.
Common Mistakes Conflicting voice and hand signals make the decision harder.
Alternative Considerations Aggressiveness depends on score, outs and player readiness; it is not a universal send rule.
Coaching exercise: not a national rule requirement.
React to an uncaught third strike First base is empty with one out. Strike three is not caught.
Coaching Points Make the first-base and outs check part of a short batter/catcher scenario.
Common Mistakes Do not teach a younger-division exemption as if it applied to Mustang or Bronco.
Alternative Considerations Change the setup to occupied first with fewer than two outs and ask why the result changes.
Rules/safety: third
Label a practice policy honestly At this academy's bunt station, a player commits to a bunt or a normal swing rather than practicing a fake bunt followed by a full swing.
Coaching Points Explain the station's conservative boundary plainly, without attaching an unsupported penalty or rule number.
Common Mistakes A coaching preference is not a national rule.
Alternative Considerations Follow an actual adopted restriction where it applies; do not infer one from another league.
Coaching exercise: not a national rule requirement.
Rules and source notes PONY Baseball · PONY Mustang 10U · regular-season pilot. Sources reviewed 2026-09-06. This is not a complete rulebook or a tournament eligibility guide. Coaching suggestions are labeled teaching choices, not national rules.
eligibility : The national 10U program admits league ages 7-10. League age is age attained before May 1; 2026 birth range May 1, 2015-April 30, 2019. Rule 4(A)-(B) separately allows a league's two-year or U program and limits moving up in the U program. This profile does not choose a local roster option. (regular-season; national-rule) 2026 PONY Baseball Rules and Regulations amendments : The 2026 PONY changes address bat specifications, remove the prior jewelry prohibition, and restrict on-field communications devices with a medical-device exception. Read those alongside the full 2026 book, not as proof that every unlisted rule was independently unchanged. (all-play; national-rule) 2026 PONY Baseball Rules and Regulations Baseball Rule Changes for 2026 Season geometry : Mustang 10U uses 60-foot bases and a 46-foot pitching distance (7(A)-(B)). (regular-season; national-rule) 2026 PONY Baseball Rules and Regulations leadoffs : Rule 9(O) requires a regular-season Mustang league to adopt one of three options: (1) unrestricted OBR leads/steals; (2) first/second unrestricted, but at third maintain contact from pitcher possession on the rubber until the pitch is hit or reaches/passes the batter; (3) all occupied bases have that delayed-departure restriction. For an early departure under (2)/(3), the runner is out and the pitch dead. Option (1) governs Mustang tournament play. No particular local option is selected here. (regular-season; national-option) 2026 PONY Baseball Rules and Regulations leadoffs : A Mustang pickoff exercise must name the adopted 9(O) option and occupied base. Option (1) permits conventional leads and legal pitcher throws; option (2) restricts third, and option (3) restricts departure from every occupied base. Do not teach unrestricted pre-pitch leads as a universal Mustang rule. (regular-season; national-option) 2026 PONY Baseball Rules and Regulations third-strike : Under adopted OBR 5.05(a)(2) and 5.09(a)(3), an uncaught third strike can make the batter a runner with first empty or with two outs. It is not an automatic award of first. PONY 9(G)'s younger-division exemption does not name Mustang or Bronco. (regular-season; national-rule) 2026 PONY Baseball Rules and Regulations 2026 Official Baseball Rules Saved on this device Answers, self-assessed mastery, review flags and notes save in this browser. Mechanics checklist steps save too, but are not scored. Quiz/Coach view preferences and the hub's last-opened module may also be saved. No names, accounts or server uploads are requested. Avoid personal or medical details in notes. Browser storage may differ between files or browsers; if the hub cannot see a module's progress opened from disk, use that module's backup and import it into the hub. Browser data clearing removes local progress.
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