Its about time for ASA to drop the "both feet" on rubber requirement

[justmom]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Sorry, you lost me there. What does "rock back out of the glove" mean? I'm referring to the pitcher's body motion.

Oh, come on! You've seen this with beginning pitchers, especially in the rec leagues just as well as I have. They start with both feet on the pitcher's plate, bring the hands together out in front of the body and swing the arms and the foot back simultaneously. At this point, both the pitching arm and especially the stride foot are loaded with the energy from the backward motion so they get a a spring-like push off going back forward, and they go right into the pitch. Bringing the hands together AFTER the step-back halts this momentum.