Baseball is not a kicking sport.

Why mess with the feet?

Fair/Foul: nothing to do with feet

In Play

Out of Play

Both feet up after leaving in play ground

In Play Out of Play

Back foot down and touching in play ground, front foot up and not touching

Foul Foul

Foul Including lines

Buckfield Stadium

Fair Foul

Out of play

Catch/No catch: is there at least a toe nail touching “in play” ground

Under NFHS rules, a catch can be made as long as one foot (any part of it) is touching live-ball territory. Thus a catch can be made with one foot in live-ball territory and one foot in dead-ball territory or one foot in live-ball territory and one foot in the air. A catch can be made by an airborne fielder as long as one foot left from live-ball territory (2.9.1C Cmt). Jumping on top of a railing or canvas that may be in foul ground is usually prohibited by ground rule

Catch/ No catch, no catch if nothing is touching “in play” ground unless air borne as in diving

Catch/ No Catch

In play/out of play

Heel up

In Play

Out of Play

In Play Out of Play

Catch, “in play”

Back foot

Back foot

No Catch, “out of play”

In Play Out of Play

Other reasons to watch feet

Complete Foot crossing back edge of pitchers plate

Pitcher’s feet

What position are the in And is it legal

Where does foot land on pick off attempt

Does it gain ground

Where does player’s feet need to be at time of pitch

Batter’s feet –

Minimum of 18 batters all with their own

approach

Catcher must remaining in the catches box until time of pitch

These players feet are in the dugout, but they want to come out! Can’t come out while ball is alive.

In Play

Out of Play

In play or out of play?

You really shouldn’t have noticed!

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Bat Decertification

The NFHS has determined this bat is illegal:

Marucci CAT5 33" Bat