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Old Mon Oct 22, 2012, 09:14am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by DG View Post
Put me in with the "clear jump turn" crowd, in slo mo or regular speed.
The only authoritative document I've ever seen referencing the jump-turn move is J/R. And in J/R, it is described as the pitcher jumping up with both feet simultaneously in the air, and turning the body towards the base so that when the pitcher lands, his free foot gains direction and distance to the base.

That's clearly not what happened here, at least per J/R's description of the move.

If there's another authoritative reference that describes other ways a pitcher may execute a jump-turn, I'd be interested to hear them, just for my education.
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