need to move the plate back to 45" and let 'em get as high as they want
Auburn already went that route and it did not work out too well.
need to move the plate back to 45" and let 'em get as high as they want
Auburn already went that route and it did not work out too well.
The mens game is all but gone. So let's model the womens game after the mens game so they can fade into obscurity together! Why not make it real simple and just let them throw overhand? If you are going to bastardize the game, might as well go all in.
The reason for moving the mound back in the first place was to give a "slight" advantage back to the batter. I agree with moving the mound back in the college ball. At least 5 feet. Then the leapers loss there advantage.But, I don't agree with allowing crow hopping and not presenting.Let's move the mound back a foot and allow crow hopping or whatever it takes to keep that crap out of the game. Get rid of all the presentation rules and just play the game.
The reason for moving the mound back in the first place was to give a "slight" advantage back to the batter. I agree with moving the mound back in the college ball. At least 5 feet. Then the leapers loss there advantage.But, I don't agree with allowing crow hopping and not presenting.
That's a ridiculous argument, the men's game is not losing popularity because pitchers crow hop. More likely the big 3 sports (baseball, football, and bball) have become the sport of choice for many young men.
I would argue that the current state of the game where the governing bodies ask their umpire crew to not call IPs, giving an unfair advantage to those who can't or choose not to drag their foot along the ground like an anchor is doing far more damage to the game than allowing leaping for everyone and leveling the playing field for all pitchers.
The bottom line is that illegal pitching will be the status quo for another decade without major overhauls in the system.
By the way, Bill Hillhouse who played men's fastptich at the highest levels is an advocate of allowing leaping in the women's game. I really doubt he would be such a strong believer in leaping if he thought it would kill the womens game and his livelihood as a pitching coach.
The reason for moving the mound back in the first place was to give a "slight" advantage back to the batter. I agree with moving the mound back in the college ball. At least 5 feet. Then the leapers loss there advantage.But, I don't agree with allowing crow hopping and not presenting.
The reason for moving the mound back in the first place was to give a "slight" advantage back to the batter. I agree with moving the mound back in the college ball. At least 5 feet. Then the leapers loss there advantage.But, I don't agree with allowing crow hopping and not presenting.
Baseball at the age of around 13 when they start to call balks is brutal. Balks are called all the time. I saw more balks called in one year of travel baseball then I saw IPs called in 10+ years of fastpitch softball. By the time the boys are 15 balks are never called, because the pitchers don't balk anymore. If softball followed baseball's lead on this, 12u would be brutal on pitchers. But you wouldn't see constant IPs in 14u and older.The whole illegal pitch thing is the worst thing about softball. In baseball you have guys pitching from all sides of the rubber, sidearm, 3 quarters,etc. Let's move the mound back a foot and allow crow hopping or whatever it takes to keep that crap out of the game. Get rid of all the presentation rules and just play the game.
Hawkeyes, next time DD pitches take some video and show the group and they'll tell you if she is illegal or not. I assure you every time you play this team in the future they
will be calling for it every single pitch.