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Message: [QUOTE="Dokey, post: 3403919, member: 9636"] Yes, coaches calling this to ref’s attention is part of their job and refs, who might prefer to ignore these, are forced to call it. I was coaching at first base during a major tournament on a travel softball team when our pitcher was called for crow hopping. As a pitching coach, I was reluctant to point this out on opponents but in this case when the other team took the field and I went into coaching box, I told ump standing next to me that the opposing pitcher was also crow hopping. For a while every pitch was deemed illegal (it is a relative easy fix but both pitchers were rattled by calls) and finally the umps agreed to ignore minor crow hops. We agreed to teach our pitchers how to correct problem for subsequent games. I could usually correct this with a trip to the rubber but, as I say, this was a 14-U team and the girls just lost it. [/QUOTE]