LL world series

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Originally Posted by DRJ1960

Was she stepping in front of the plate and completely losing contact? I saw a pitcher this spring who "slid" her foot forward on the plate until only her heel was touching the front of the plate.

College allows the pivot foot to be lifted off the plate so long as the foot is not moved closer to home plate when it is set back down.


Got a call to work a solo friendly scrimmage a couple of months back for a couple of coaches I know. As the scrimmage went on I was talking with both coaches about different things I saw with thier pitchers that could be a problem. The one team changed to their 3rd pitcher and I immediately saw she was taking a small step forward with her pivot foot. I went over between innings and mentioned to the coach what she was doing, he said "I know, that is one of the reasons she lost her position on high school team, been on her for a year about it and she wont fix it, I guess she just isnt going to be able to pitch anymore". Then he hells out to his pitcher, "if the plate ump can see it from behind the plate, do you really think you are going to get away with it? Fix it or dont plan on pitching anymore."