Call this???

[BretMan]

This looks like a little more than your typical, small "leap" where the pivot foot loses contact with the ground while the stride foot is also airbourne. That infraction seems to be overlooked in NCAA ball.

This does look like a full-fledged, honest-to-goodness "crow hop", where the pitcher is bringing the pivot foot fully in front of the plate, then pitching from that newly established push-off point.

Perhaps this is considered a bit more egregious than a little leap.

She also seems to losing contact between her pivot foot and the pitcher's plate during her rock back. Minor? I'm not privy to how the NCAA instructs the umpires to handle this, but do recall seeing a pitcher called for that (possibly this same pitcher?) during the NCAA World Series last year.

(PS: You should especially avoid banging pitchers if you work in predominately men's leagues! Not that there's anything wrong with that...)

[LIIRISHMAN]

Be prepared for a lot of grief if you call this a IP. While not being 100% legal it's close enough imho to be overlooked. It's like doing 70 mph on a road where 55mph is the "legal" limit.

[Mountaineer]

ASA & FED - IP without question. How Alex could say he sees nothing wrong just boggles my mind.

NCAA - I agree with mcrowder - they want it illegal in the book but don't want it called. The offensive team will complain about it though . . .

[rwest]

Originally Posted by LIIRISHMAN

Be prepared for a lot of grief if you call this a IP. While not being 100% legal it's close enough imho to be overlooked. It's like doing 70 mph on a road where 55mph is the "legal" limit.

In most places you get ticketed for doing 15 over the speed limit!

[greymule]

Strange. Illegal, yes, but the move looks amateurish, like something you'd see (and probably ignore) in a rec league. And regardless of the foot question, she doesn't appear to be exerting the kind of bodily effort required to get speed on the ball.

A D1 pitcher who doesn't drag but instead takes a half step toward the plate with the pivot foot and doesn't even appear to dig in?