Balk? foot goes down twice?

[Umpire942]

When using either the windup or the set position to deliver a pitch, the pitcher’s raised leg starts going down towards the ground, then comes back up, then down again before finishing the delivery.

 

I have this as a balk.  The rule book only allows arms.  I got one of these answers wrong on the test, so im fishing here.  This is a balk no

[BigBlue4u]

What part of "Without alteration or interruption" am I missing?

[Richvee]

6 hours ago, Jimurray said:

I have no doubt this is illegal in NCAA. I would like to be surprised on Feb.3 with a different answer where NCAA allows it as the other codes do but I think they will stick with their judgement that this is an "alteration or interruption". The rule wording in all codes is the same so you have to use last years NCAA video interpretation to make this an illegal pitch or balk in NCAA. Since NCAA does allow an interruption in the windup the rule does not support this being illegal without Randy saying so. "Note 2: A pitcher may pause during the delivery from the windup position without penalty"

Here's the rub for NCAA.

They allow the 'pause" at the top of the delivery, like a lot of Japanese pitchers use. So as far as I can tell, for NCAA, you can hold for a while with the leg up in the air in the windup, but you can't be kicking that leg back and forth or up and down while you're hanging there. I don't recall exactly where I I saw this or heard it, but was for sure on the NCAA pages, or an NCAA video within the last 2 seasons. 

[Jimurray]

3 hours ago, BigBlue4u said:

What part of "Without alteration or interruption" am I missing?

While not relevant to the OP you are probably missing where MLB/OBR allow a Japanese windup without any change to the rule wording and NCAA followed MLB at some point in time and added a note that allows a pause (interruption) in the windup.

[Velho]

On 1/24/2023 at 7:30 PM, The Man in Blue said:

On 1/24/2023 at 12:38 PM, MadMax said:

In each of the Nestor clips, there’s no one on base… how can they be a Balk? 

You can be aggrieved and irritated all you Ike, but there’s nothing illegal about anything he’s doing. Isn’t the objective of the pitcher to throw a pitch by a batter without him hitting it (for a strike, ideally)? 

Using that logic, I will ask why bother having any rules on a pitcher's motion?

 

On 1/24/2023 at 8:34 PM, Jimurray said:

Aside from MLB extremes, would you allow a FED, PONY, LL pitcher to extend and contract and extend his stride leg during delivery?

Short of a full stop or a quick pitch, LL (Majors and under) pitchers can do near anything. That's how it's called at LLWS and has taken any argument out of the PUs hands.