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Originally Posted by tankmjg24
My partner and I mistakenly thought that the free foot moving was part of the coming set action. This pitchers particular motion was also something that the majority of pitchers do not do so it just looked weird. Rather it is right or wrong an instructor one time taught me that if it looks awkward that something is probably not right.
Let me change it up a bit. What if the pitcher toes the rubber with his hands already together in the set position and just throws?
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Your first thought when you see the weird deliveries that FEEL like a balk, but you just don't know is... exactly which rule is being broken. Learn that section - know it - live it. You will come across a good number of screwy looking deliveries at the high school level. You need to know exactly what is allowed and what is not before deciding that something that looks weird is legal or illegal. the instructor that taught you that if it looks awkward something is probably not right has put your mindset in the wrong default position. The default position should be that the weird deliveries you come across are LEGAL, unless you know EXACTLY which part of the rule is being broken.