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Interesting. Never heard of step and reach. Had to look it up here to know what you were talking about. DD's first year in HS softball.
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Interesting. Never heard of step and reach. Had to look it up here to know what you were talking about. DD's first year in HS softball.
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The "step and reach" usually applies to batted balls that have been deflected/touched/muffed by a fielder. For most rule sets, once the fielder touches the ball and it deflects without being caught, they are no longer considered to be "in the act of fielding a batted ball". The fielder loses her protection from being interfered with.
NFHS/high school extends their protection. So long as the ball is within "a step and a reach" of the fielder, she is still considered to be in the act of fielding the ball.
Having said that...I don't see "step and reach" applying to this play. This wasn't a case of the fielder mishandling or deflecting the ball.
NFHS/high school extends their protection. So long as the ball is within "a step and a reach" of the fielder, she is still considered to be in the act of fielding the ball.
Having said that...I don't see "step and reach" applying to this play. This wasn't a case of the fielder mishandling or deflecting the ball.
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