Pitching and Pitchers Discussion Illegal pitch

[BretMan2]

You're correct about the video. Usually, the ball of her foot touches the outter part of the line but her heal is definitely out of the lane. Good to know, thanks. Btw....can a right handed pitcher start with her right foot on the outside of the pitching plate? She is touching but instead of using it to push off of, she is merely just making contact. Seen it this weekend and was curious.

As long as the foot is contacting the plate, it satisfies the requirement to be "within" the 24" width of the plate.

 

[sammy]

The issue is Suzy goes to lessons 3X per week and mom and dad spend a lot of money. When they are younger its about developing confidence. Everyone wants a fair game but really what is going to happen if they don't correct the issue? Suzy gets mad and starts crying and cant throw a strike. Then the parents start yelling at blue because Suzy's mind is not right and cant finish the game.

Illegal pitches for crow hoping are rarely called. You see more for not presenting the ball or not starting with two feet on the rubber. I thinks its "safer" to call those then the illegal pitch for "jumping".

As far as what blue makes? Usually not enough to babysit the parents!

There sure are a lot of pitchers named Suzy... Come to think of it, a lot of batters too! Many of them also must be small framed - they're called "little Suzy"...