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Originally Posted by JefferMC
I can't find anything in the rules to prohibit it.
6-1.2c "... Pushing off with the pivot foot from a place other than the pitcher's plate is illegal."
So, whether it is a "crow hop" or not, if you push off from somewhere other than the pitcher's plate, it's an illegal pitch. At this point I think we would be well served to dispense with the terms "crow hop" and "leap" since there are many arguments about what constitutes which term and stick with these two statements:
Pivot foot must only push off from the pitcher's plate.
Pivot foot must remain in contact with the plate or the ground (or the plane of the ground when the inevitible hole gets there).
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It would seem to me that if a pitcher separated her hands to start the pitch and had one of her feet out of contact with the rubber it would be an illegal pitch because of the fact she did not start in a legal position.