halskinner
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- May 7, 2008
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Ok. To summarize (for ASA), her pivot foot heel should touch front of plate and her stride foot toe touches the back of the plate for maximum separation of right and left feet. I think this stance would also help with push off of the STRIDE foot since it is not directly on top of the plate but toe is in contact with the back of the plate so the ball of the foot is pushing off the dirt and not directly on top of the plate (i.e. a better grip than on hard plastic) which my DD is currently doing with stride foot?
A heel touching the front of the pitcher's plate does not constitute a shoe 'on' the plate; that is a heel against the plate. Unless they have changed the rules since I last looked some part of the pivot foot must start off 'ON' the plate. The vertical front surface of the pitcher's plate is not considered part of the plate.
The rear vertical surface of the pitcher's plate IS considered part of the plate. You ARE allowed to start with the stride foot shoe only touching the rear verticle surface of the pitcher's plate.
Hal