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Originally Posted by Dakota

Here is the question as simply as I can put it: Speaking ASA and/or NFHS, is it possible for a pitcher to illegally replant or illegally push off away from the pitcher's plate with the pivot foot AFTER the stride foot lands?

Only if she on the Chinese Acrobatic team. But seriously...

I'm not sure I understand the mechanics of the delivery you're stating. Let me restate my understanding: F1 has her pivot foot on the pitching plate, steps forward with her non-pivot foot, plants the non-pivot foot, then slides or lifts and replants the pivot foot to a new point and pushes off without moving her non-pivot foot? I'm thinking it would be both illegal and not very advantageous.

With that being said, here is the FED interpretation we received from our local association this year. (My understanding is that this is base in large part on the video clips posted on the NFHS web site this year.)

If a pitcher separates her hands (thus starting the pitch) while the non-pivot is still in contact with the pitching plate, and then, as the windmill delivery is occurring, slides (i.e. does not leap) her pivot foot to a new point and pushes off from that new point as she delivers, this is not considered a crow hop. The crow hop is only called if the pivot foot has left the pitching plate and replanted at the time the hands separate.