This weekend we played a doubleheader against the same team. I hoped to upload a video but this forum doesn't allow video file format. In the first game their pitcher came out with what I called a "double-pump" wind-up. She would bring her hands up in front of her face with the ball and glove touching but without the ball entering her mitt. She then pumped backward past her hip. She then brought he hands forward and placed the ball in the glove and then back down past her hip again and then did her windup to deliver the pitch. The entire wind-up from the beginning to her making the pitch was all one fluid motion. I respectfully protested to the umpire after her first pitch and he said he didn't see anything wrong with it. At the beginning of the second game at the meeting at the plate I asked for clarification and re-iterated that I believed the pitch to be illegal. At this point the umpire was becoming a bit gruff and the opposing coaching staff became irritated. I always remained polite and respectful. The umpire was ruling that she was presenting the second time her hands came together and the first part of her movement was irrelevant. I wanted to get some feedback on the ASA rule. I was under the impression that once your hand was moving forward you can no longer go backwards or else you are simulating the pitch. This is in my opinion no different then when a pitcher would practice their windup while standing on the rubber.
Any opinions are very much appreciated
Coach Rick
14U
PS if I can figure our a way to upload a series of pics I'll try to do that.
Any opinions are very much appreciated
Coach Rick
14U
PS if I can figure our a way to upload a series of pics I'll try to do that.