I've been around awhile but I never saw this: Every inning that her team was taking the field, the coach would go to the pitcher's circle and fix the dirt around the rubber and give her pitcher instructions. The pitcher would than throw her warm up pitches. When I asked the umpire, who was even older than I was, if this was legal, his reply was "I do not know" and than asked me why I had a problem with it. I said because it messes with the time limit and it should be considered a conference. His reply was that it was between innigs. If someone could give me their opinion, it would be great. It was a USSSA santioned tournament.