Illegal pitch?

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

Sounds like what we sometimes call a "jelly leg"; the drag foot isn't dragging, it just kind of floats above the ground, like a jellyfish tentacle waving behind.

Yes, I call that illegal in travel ball. It is absolutely illegal under the NCAA definition of "must drag", and while one might consider it gray and innocuous under ASA or NFHS rules, I feel we do her a disservice if she is allowed to continue that way, believing it is all good.

Actually, from watching Div 1 NCAA a bit on TV, I suspect it would be completely ignored at that level!

There was a definite "snap" to her motion with her foot as she twisted it sideways. Visualize her toe was pointing toward the 3B foul line instead of toward the ground. If she had NOT twisted the foot, it would have been in contact with the ground; as I said, she did not "leap" (again, Webster definition). Her heel stayed where it was; she just pointed her toe sideways. It was strange, but obvious; from A, I could see the bottom of her shoe and her foot was not touching the ground.