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Originally Posted by Tim C
. . . or less explain to me the following:
NFHS Rules
Right Handed Pitcher
R1
Outs don't matter
A night game
Pitcher uses the Greg Maddox "Jab Step" (i.e. right foot -- pivot foot -- takes a quick step towards third base and F1 turns quickly and throws to first).
Under NFHS Rules explain to me why this is not a BALK.
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I am not sure if the jab step constitutes the pivot foot disengaging the plate or not however, NFHS 6-1-3 clearly states how a pitcher is allowed to disengage the plate. Any other way is a "illegal act" , balk.
A feint to any base requires a step with the non-pivot foot NFHS 6-2-4-b.
In a night game the only way I can see it not being a balk is if the lights were not good enough for the officials to see what the pitcher did with his pivot foot.