Dawgsdad
Active Member
At practice yesterday my DD coach noticed that while she was pitching, that her pivot foot comes of the pitchers plate during her rocking motion. She starts out with both feet and all the nuances for a legal pitch then begins rocking back, her pivot foot comes off but her stepping foot remains on and then her pivot foot comes back in contact with the plate and then her stepping foot comes off and moves forward and eventually drags her pivot foot. Now is this legal or not? Basically its not a back step and at least one foot remains in contact during the windup until she releases the ball. The rules do not specify that her delivery is illegal but her coach believes it is.