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Originally Posted by ronald

I saw it and had a question about it but no one said boo hoo about it. Jennie Finch was doing the same thing.

Good for him, she picks her foot up, moves it forward and pitches. Guess she does not like pushing off from the rubber. I wonder if this is what they have in mind when the talk about a rocking motion.

There is nothing illegal about a pitcher rocking as long as they can do it with both feet in contact with the pitcher's plate.

May be it is not a big deal at that level but she re-establishes her pivot foot. I have called this and until somebody tells me not to, I will still do it.

Coach did not argue whether it was illegal or not but why today and not yesterday.

Abbott had the same issue in college. It often looked like she was just clearing her spikes of the PP and she would occasionally slide forward a bit. She had the same issue last year in this tournament, I believe. Sliding forward, also, is not illegal UNLESS the pivot foot loses contact with the PP prior to the motion creating the drag and I think that is where Abbott gets into trouble.