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[WestMichBlue]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Don't see anything ambiguous with this:

ASA 6.3.J. Pushing off with the pivot foot from a place other than the pitcher's plate is illegal.

Well, yes it is ambiguous in the ASA book. That sentence stands alone with no parameters to identify the timing or location of a violation. Taken literally, one could call an IP when the pitchers "pushes off" from home plate to start her walk back to the circle. What would you call if the pitcher "pushed off" when the released ball is half-way to the plate.

The NFHS places that identical sentence within a paragraph which identifies legal or illegal actions prior to the stride foot landing. The NCAA book rules that after the initial push from the plate, you cannot have a second push point prior to the stride foot landing.

So in NFHS or NCAA play, it would seem that your answer is "No, it is not illegal to push after the stride foot lands." But as you noted, there is no clear answer in ASA play.

WMB