Thanks for pointing out the difference between crowhopping and leaping. I thought that there was one, but was beginning to have my own doubts as everyone I talk to about it calls it hopping.Your DD is not crow hopping but is airborne as she leaves the rubber which falls under leaping, which is illegal. Crow hopping is a second push with the pivot foot after the first push off the rubber. As discussed many times on this forum, there is no mound in fastpitch softball. There is a circle and a pitcher's plate(rubber).
Sorry to offend any one by calling it a mound. Force of habit, I will work on it
Which brings me to another question. Is leaping legal in ISF? I noticed, during the world cup that a few of the pitchers appeared to be doing.
So what I am getting so far is that we are on the right track, doing well, but need to work on the leaping. Am I right?
No one has really said anything about leaping except for 2 tourneys in KY we went to. And then it was just parents, not really even the coaches. Umpires talked to dd and moved on. At the time she was leaping really bad! and we started working on it. I shouldn't have let it go, but htought we would be ok until fall. Bad call as a parent. I told her from now on we will fix problems as they arise instead of allowing small problems to progress.
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