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Leap, Crow Hop vs replant
I said I was going to start a new thread so here it is
"Ok I’m going to start another thread about this because I know this will get things going. A crow hop is starting the pitch from somewhere other than the pitching plate. Pitcher has hands together and leaps, drags or steps forward then starts their pitch (separates their hands). This is starting the pitch from somewhere other than the pitching plate. Usually, but not always, when they reach this new starting point they replant and push off from this point in front of the pitching plate as they start the pitch. A leap is just that both feet are airborne at the same time. Usually when they land they are already well into the windup and deliver the pitch shortly after they land. There is not usually any replant or push off after they land, just the force of them being airborne and driving toward the batter is the advantage." One more topic on the replant. I have heard some discussion about the pitcher that closes her hip being called for a replant. I would like to hear others comments on this and what rule references you might use if you would call it illegal. Delivery discription: All prelims are legal, right handed F1 then steps out drags away opening hips toward 3rd baseline, as ball is coming downward and she is delivering pitch she pushes with the pivot foot bringing her right leg forward as she closes her hips bringing her body square to home plate. |
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Maybe because the rules are based on positive/allowance and "illegal pitch" is the penalty. And the terms "leap" and "crow hop" are referenced in the Umpire Manual, and "crow hop" in the Case Book, so I would think using the terms would be acceptable. Okay, now that the games out of the way, I have heard different things umpires watch for to make such a determination of a replant. One of my favorites is watching the back leg and if it isn't extended straight from the push, she must have replanted. While there can be some truth to that being an indicator, I don't think it is any more absolute than believing a replant cannot be available if the pivot toe is pointing down.
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Sorry, my bad: 6.1.2c (Rule 6 Section 1 Article 2, c.). I dropped the section number by accident.
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The fact that they're used in the Umpire's Manual or Case Book means nothing to a coach, because those are books he's not even really SUPPOSED to have read, vs. the one he should have read but hasn't.
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Unlike Rita, I avoid the word "replant" since that one (by my experience) is difficult to explain and ends up with coaches wanting to look at foot marks in the dirt, which actually mean nothing at all. IOW, we need to see the IP to call it; examining forensic evidence is useless. JMO.
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