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Originally posted by cbfoulds
OK, I'm willing to be convinced: is there any authority for the proposition that, in the circumstances we are discussing here, it makes a difference if he "steps" [one foot at a time], or "jumps" [both feet off the ground simultaneously]?
Again: LHP "jumps", pivot foot land behind the rubber, he does not separate his hands until after his feet are back on the ground. Any case plays or other precedent that this does NOT constitute "stepping off"?
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From the Casebook Comment to 8.01(a):
"In disengaging the rubber the pitcher must step off with his pivot foot and not his free foot first."
I'm not aware of any support in the authoritative literature for the interpretation that a jump off the rubber constitutes a proper disengagement. The only time jumping off the rubber is addressed is when the jump-spin move is described, which as I noted earlier is interpreted as a "from the rubber" move.