This pitching motion legal?

[sprtfan]

...And was she throwing every pitch like this or as an occasional different look?
She glanced at her wristband pre-pitch, so I wonder if some of the boxes are filled in with "SA"

Every pitch came from the same arm angle.

 

[ArmWhip]

When you take a lot of video you see some strange mechanics. I have seen several pitchers in D3 with a 90 degree elbow. Typically it is camouflaged by severe body lean to the throwing arm side, so the ball comes out in area where a more normal delivery would release it. This girl looks like she is rolling over the ball, typically what I see in pitchers with the 90 degree elbow is a palm up curve or rise curve. This girl could throw a legitimate screw ball, with real side spin! And yes, IR is technically illegal.

 

[The Man In Blue]

I had her as illegal for failing to simulate taking a signal.

Was there something else I was supposed to watch after that?

Now I am wondering ... how many illegal pitching violations could occur on one pitch? I don't have the focus or will to figure that out right now.

 

[Dabears17]

And yes, IR is technically illegal.

Don't let the Hello Elbow folks hear that!

When I was first looking at IR videos frame by frame several years back, I saw it was technically somewhat illegal and wondered if anyone would ever call it.

Pitching Rule -- Hand cannot be outside of the elbow

Any umps here ever call that? Watched a girl dominate this past weekend and it looked like she was a shortstop turning 2 on every pitch. Never got called.

www.discussfastpitch.com

 

[MoJo]

I mean on a scale of 1 to 10 with a 10 being a travesty to the game this is like a 2.

I think the video stands out as it's rare to see someone actually throw sidearm. When I see something like this I just think of how much better she could have been if taught properly.

The umps are now suspect on every call or no call.

How can any ump that let this player get to 18u be considered credible?

Failure to recognize or blind eye toward illegal pitch
Failure to make a call
Big Fail saying this pitching is OK

3 strikes, you're out

 

[GunnerShotgun]

The umps are now suspect on every call or no call.

How can any ump that let this player get to 18u be considered credible?

Which umps? All of the umpires that she pitched in front of, 100's of them, were either inept or corrupt? Is it some sort of umpire conspiracy?

That is not the scenario that came to my mind.

 

[The Man In Blue]

@MoJo , what do you mean NOW?

Y'all been ridin' us like rented mules for a long time ...

 

[sluggers]

And yes, IR is technically illegal.

FYI, the NCAA Rules have no "wrist-body" pitching requirement. The ball has to be released below the hip with an underhand motion and the follow-through of the hand and wrist be forward.

 

[ArmWhip]

FYI, the NCAA Rules have no "wrist-body" pitching requirement. The ball has to be released below the hip with an underhand motion and the follow-through of the hand and wrist be forward.

Wait till someone starts pitching like this:

MLB - Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals | Barry Taylor Photography

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[tim_s]

how does one define an underhand motion?