NSA,usssa,usfa,dixie youth

[Playaction]

NSA-
c) No wind-up is used in which there is a stop or reversal of the forward
motion. also applies to USFA

d) There is no more than one revolution of the arm in the windmill
pitch. The pitching arm may be dropped to the side and to the rear
before starting the windmill motion. The ball does not have to be
released the first time past the hip.

USSSA-4. The pitcher does not make more than one and one half revolutions of
the arm in the windmill pitch. A pitcher may drop the pitching arm
to the side and to the rear before starting the windmill motion. The
ball does not have to be released the first time past the hip.

Can someone clarify some of these?

 

[Playaction]

ooops.... too small and didn't mean to insert twice.

 

[Slappers]

I'll give it a shot.

I have a pitcher that in her windup, she pulls the ball/arm back behind her parallel with the ground then when she drives, the ball goes past her hip into the full windmill before release. So the ball passes the hip twice. So the rule is saying she doesn't have to release the ball the first time it passes her hip.

 

[GunnerShotgun]

The language also clarifies why the slingshot pitch is legal.

"The ball does not have to be released the first time past the hip." (But it can if you want to throw a sling shot.)