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Old Fri Jun 11, 2010, 11:17am
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Originally Posted by charliej47 View Post
The coach states yes but he came off the rubber when he did the "jump turn". I state "Coach your pitcher started his motion while in contact with the rubber and pitching restrictions apply".
I was with you right up till here. You're right to call the balk, but wrong about the reason.

The correct reason is that a jump turn is not a legal disengagement or "step off." To be legal disengagement, the pivot foot is the only thing that can move.
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Last edited by mbyron; Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 12:37pm. Reason: Silly foot mistake
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