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Originally posted by CecilOne
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by WestMichBlue
A Leap is different from a Crow Hop. In both cases, both feet are airborne. If the pivot foot lands first, and pushes off from that point, that is a crow hop. Illegal.
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Do both feet actually have to be simultaneously airborne for a crow-hop? Can't a pitcher move the pivot first and push-off into the non-pivot step from in front of the pitching plate?
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Cecil, the answer to your questions are "No" and "Yes." WMB's statement I underlined is not true. A crow
hop does not actually require a
hop. The ASA rule says it
"is defined as the act of a pitcher who steps, hops, or drags off the front of the pitcher's plate..." The key requirement is that somehow she got her pivot foot in front of the plate and pushed off from there.
Mon May 19, 2003, 10:32am
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