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Originally Posted by canadaump6
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I think it might be as simple as what you see as the balance point and what others see as the balance point are different.
At the pro clinics I've attended we were taught that the RH pitcher is allowed to step to first and throw as long as his leg rise, did not simulate the leg rise of his delivery and that the intial direction of that step was smoothly and continuously toward first.
In practice, they concentrated more on the distance of the foot coming up rather than the knee, and they didn't allow it to come up very far.
I have seen this move in the pros, but it occurs far less than a jump turn, jab step or disengaging. The fear of a balk may well play a part in that.