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Originally posted by Little Jimmy
Doing a Fed game this afternoon. I'm plate. As pitcher brings hands together she raises the toe of her pivot foot off the rubber, heal staying in contact, then returns toe to rubber and pushes off. Legal pitch. Between innings I hear partner telling coach that pitcher is legal in Fed, but the rocking motion would be illegal in ASA tourneys she may go to in summer. After game he says to me that foot must remain flat in ASA.
Was he right? ASA 6-3-G says "Raising the foot off the pitching plate and returning it to the plate creates a rocking motion and is an illegal act." I agree that in my scenario that the pitcher raised her toe a few inches but she definitely kept her heal in contact before lowering the toe. Would that be an illegal ASA pitch?
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If the pitcher maintains contact with both feet, it is legal. There is NOTHING which prohibits the ASA pitcher from having a rocking motion as long as both feet remain in contact during the part of the delivery prior to the required step with the non-pivot foot.
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