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31
Fastpitch Softball Illegal Pitch2 ?
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Of the three pitches on this video clip, do you think the middle pitch illegal as this umpire called it? He said she did not present the ball with hands separated for more that a second.
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THEM UMPIRES ARE SMOKING WEED B4 GAMES I BET YOU
shes got a big butt.
This looks legal, I would have swung at it.
WTF? where is this field? Looks like in the middle of the jungle.
no,both feet or one foot was on the ground.if she does a crow hop then yes.but its wasnt illegal
There’s no way her right foot stays on the ground. It rocks forward, its on the toes, rocks back, its on the heel. There is no way to do that and keep the foot on the ground without falling on your ass because your cleats stuck in the dirt.
It isn’t illegal for the hands. Nor would a base umpire worth any salt ever call an illegal on the hands (that isn’t their responsibility, they have the feet). It is a tough angle, but looks like her non pivot foot loses contact with the rubber on the back side, and that would be illegal (whether she crow hops or not is irrelevant). You lose contact on the back side, it is illegal.
and btw im playing in college. NCAA D1
its not my video so i have no control over comments made and there was no reason for you to respond to my comment in the first place. my comment was made 2 months ago and obviously wasnt harming you in anyway. and no rule against what exactly?
Good thing there’s no rule in it either stating as such, or you would be ejected on my field. A mound is in baseball, a pitchers plate is in softball, period. Don’t take things so personnel, I was just making a point. If you can’t take comments and people voicing their perspective/opinions, maybe you shouldn’t allow comments. Good luck to you if your still playing.
too bad im not an umpire. im a softball player… and i just happen to be a pitcher who’s been pitching for ten years. Im pretty sure i know what i’m talking about. i know that rulebooks call it a pitchers plate. but during a game you dont refer to it as a plate its a mound regardless of if it’s flat or not. home plate is a plate the pitchers mound is not. and i believe you are the one who was being immature
Any fastpitch umpire worth a salt would have said the same thing. There is no ‘mound’ there, its called a pitchers plate in every rulebook I’ve ever seen. Grow up with your responses.
wow…. way to be a detail asshole. a mound and pitchers plate are essentially the same friggin thing. a pitcher stands on it and pushes off from it to throw. and plenty of softball people*me included* call it a mound even though yes it is technically flat.
I’m not sure what video your looking at, but I don’t see a mound in this video. I see a pitchers plate.
I umpire HS and ASA and PONY. She is not lifting her foot; but look at her heel. She rocks back to the heel, slides and then flattens out to push off. It still a judgment call
you are allowed to rock, but ur not allowed to take ur foot off the rubber like she did. but then again, its not that great of a veiw – you should take it from the side.
you could call it illegal because her front foot loses contact with the mound prior to her body moving forward buuuut she isnt gaining anything from it and she isnt crow hopping so it doesnt really matter.
What level is this? College? H.S? Summer? Rules “sllightly” differ for each. In the college ranks, you better make sure you know what you’re talking about, other wise college coaches will rip you a new hind part and your days in the college ranks will be short lived and don’t even THINK ABOUT post season play. I’d have to see a better video from a better angle to make a call.
This was high school in PA.
yes that would be illegal because the foot does come off the mound during the pitch but as an umpire do you think thats giving her a big advantage. the only way i would call it is if this was a upper level game. as in 16a and up and varsity
I posted this WHILE READING the ASA rulebook.
Actually ASA rules state that the pitcher must take her position with hands separated and take the sign or APPEAR TO take the sign with hands separated. There is no requirement on time except for when the hands are TOGETHER.
yes this pitch is totally legal in most organizations. the only organization it would not be legal is in ASA because she takes one of her feet off the mound during the beginning of her motion. she presented the ball just fine. and you are definatly allowed to rock your body during your motion…i should know im a pitcher. you are also allowed to move your foot across the mound as long at it is in contact with the mound. in PONY,NSA, USSSA and any other organization besides ASA this is legal.
you are allowed to rock a little back when you are presenting the ball as long as one foot is on the rubber and you dont take a step back like this girl does.. This is Illegal
also because of the way here feet start and stop.
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