asa softball fast pitch pitching for dummies. pitching the good the bad the ugly
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ASA SOFTBALL
Fast Pitch
Pitching for Dummies
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PITCHINGThe
GOODThe BADThe UGLY
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Preliminaries• Feet
- both feet on the ground and within the 24” length
Male– Pivot foot in contact with the pitcher’s plate– Non Pivot foot in contact with or behind the
pitcher’s plate
Female– Both feet in contact with the pitcher’s plate
What To Look For
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Preliminaries
• Hands– Apart, ball in pitching hand or glove/mitt– Take the signal (or appear to take it)– Bringing the hands together for 1-10 seconds
• Shoulders– In line with 1st and 3rd base
What To Look For
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Preliminaries
Male – If the pitcher starts with the non pivot foot
behind the pitcher’s plate, a step backward may be taken before, simultaneous with, or after the hands are brought together
– The pivot foot must remain in contact with the pitcher’s plate at all times prior to the forward step
Female – Both feet must remain in contact with the
pitcher’s plate prior to the forward step
What To Look For
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• Starts with the separation of hands after they have been brought together
• Step– Not more than 1 step
Female- Must be forward simultaneous with the delivery
inside the 24” length of pitching plate
Male- Must be forward simultaneous with the delivery
Start of The Pitch
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• Pivot Foot
Female– Pushing off and dragging the pivot foot in contact
with the ground is required. If a hole has been created the pivot foot may drag no higher than the level plane of the ground.
Male– Pushing off and dragging the pivot foot in contact
with the ground or
– If both feet are in the air, the toes of the pivot foot must be pointed downward
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Leaping An act by the pitcher when both feet
become airborne on the initial move and push from the pitcher’s plate.
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Crow Hop The act of the pitcher who steps, hops
or drags off the front of the pitcher’s plate, replants the pivot foot, thereby establishing a second impetus (or starting point), pushes off from the newly established starting point and completes the delivery
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• Must be delivered in a underhand motion– Release and follow-through of the hand and wrist
must be forward past the vertical line of the body – Hand shall be below the hip– Wrist not farther from the body than the elbow– Delivered from the throwing arm side of the body
(not behind the back or between the legs)
The Delivery
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The Windup
• May use any windup provided:– No motion to pitch is made without immediately
delivering the ball– No rocker action is made– The pitcher does not stop or reverse the forward
motion– The pitcher does not make more than one
revolution of the arm in the windmill motion (anything less than two revolutions)
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• May use any windup provided:– The pitcher does not continue to wind up after
taking the forward step or after the ball is released
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Infractions by the Pitcher• Deliberately dropping, rolling, bouncing,
etc., the ball from the pitching position to prevent the batter from striking it
• Applying any foreign substance on the ball (powder resin or Gorilla Gold may be used)
• Licking the fingers prior to contact with the ball
• Wearing any item on the pitching hand, wrist, forearm, elbow or thighs which the umpire judges to be distracting
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Illegal – Tape on contact
points
Legal – Band aide not on
contact point
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Illegal – Nothing on pitching hand, wrist, forearm, elbow
or thigh that is distracting
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• Failing to release the ball 20 seconds after it has been returned from the catcher
• Throwing to a base while a foot is in contact with pitching plate after taking the pitching position
• Any defensive player taking a position in the batter’s line of vision
• Any defensive player takes a position in foul territory (except the catcher)
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• The catcher being outside the lines of the catcher’s box when the the pitch is released
• When the catcher returns the ball to any defensive player other than the pitcher (except after a strikeout, putout made by the catcher or to play on a base runner)
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You
Make
TheCall
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Legal
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Legal – Still!
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Illegal – Leap
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Illegal – Leap
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Inconclusive – Can’t see hands
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Illegal – Leap
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Legal
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Illegal – Replants; crow
hop
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Illegal-legal-illegal
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Illegal – Rocking action
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Illegal – Double Touch
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Illegal – Hands never come together
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Legal – Takes signal with hands apart
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Illegal - Steps on pitching plate with hands together
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Illegal – Takes signal behind pitching plate; walks through pitch
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Legal
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