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Originally Posted by BretMan
And ASA offers the exact same guideline in their rule book, under the "Crow Hop" paragraph in R/S #40. So it's not just an NFHS thing!
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I understand it CAN be an indicator, but it really isn't relative to the call which is what I was hearing at this clinic. Watch some of the top pitchers. "When" they replant off the drag (and it can be done, see Cat Osterman), the ball is in the pitching hand alone, often at twelve o'clock.
I believe this "tell" is based more on the pitcher that slides the pivot foot forward off the pitcher's plate prior to begining the pitch.
My point is that just because the hands are separated does not make the pitch legal.