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Originally Posted by archer
10.4.4.2 No crow hopping is allowed. The pitcher may not replant, gain
a second starting point and push off her pivot foot. Once having lost
contact with the pitcher’s plate, the pivot foot may trail on the ground
but may not bear weight again until the pitch is released.
According to the rule, how can the pitcher finish the pitch by driving her hip and finishing in a fielding position to end the pitch without creating an illegal pitch? Since the snapping of the wrist and the driving of the hip are simultanous?
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The crow hop is at about the pivot foot.. not the non pivot foot. Good pitches do not involve replanting the pivot foot, in fact, a lot of them make a sort of "S" is the dirt as it drags forward, the non pivot foot plants and the pitch is driven.