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Originally posted by Little Jimmy
But what happens when the natural forward rock happens and you have a pivot foot pushing off a good 2-3 inches in front of the plate? I'm thinking illegal because of 6-1-2c ("pushing off with the pivot foot from any place other than the pitcher's plate is illegal"). But why would the Fed diagram show a picture that would inevitably result in an illegal pitch?
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Little Jimmy,
Note the words
P-ON TOP. FED is showing the maximum limit toward the plate. The ball of the Pivot, the toe of the Pivot (anywhere between the heel and toe) is acceptable.
If they start with the heel on the plate let it go as long as the pivot "mostly keeps contact with the ground".
Don't over think it.
mick