My 10-year-old daughter has been pitching for about a year. She throws hard for her age compared to others in our area (mid to upper 40s) but still lacks control.
The past few weeks her "bad" pitches are consistently going inside, often to the point of hitting a batter. She thankfully is no...
I have always disliked the requirement that the batter attempt to avoid being hit by a pitch because sometimes the pitch just freezes the batter. I was relieved when I read the following excerpt...
“Hit By Pitch” Procedure Revised in High School Softball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
If a pitch hits the dirt in front of a batter, then hits the batter in the ankle or leg, is she awarded 1st base? It says in the USSSA rulebook that it doesn't matter if the ball hits the ground, but our league umpires never award 1st after the girls are HBP if it hits the ground first.