This pitching motion legal?

[Northball]

Wait till someone starts pitching like this:

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To me that just looks like you need an orthopedic surgeon on speed-dial.

 

[inumpire]

I know a guy that is in the hierarchy of USSSA. He would like to know what the name of this tournament was and where so that he can contact them to discuss this. If you dont want to post it publicly, please message it to me, he would like to address this as it is a completely illegal pitching motion in every ruleset.

No one from USSSA cares…funniest thing I heard all day.

 

[CoachJD]

And yes, IR is technically illegal.

I don't see how. If you're getting brush, the forearm and wrist are literally touching the body at release.

 

[RADcatcher]

…funniest thing I heard all day.

within this website, humor can be found!

 

[ArmWhip]

I don't see how. If you're getting brush, the forearm and wrist are literally touching the body at release.

Most rules say that the wrist shall not be further from the body than the elbow. Try it yourself, use brush and see if the wrist is directly below the elbow.

 

[CaledoniaDad]

Most rules say that the wrist shall not be further from the body than the elbow. Try it yourself, use brush and see if the wrist is directly below the elbow.

Not trying to be pedantic, but "further from the body" is not the same as directly below. Also it doesn't say what part of the elbow this measurement "from the body" is taken from, the inside, the outside, etc. So saying IR is "illegal" is just trying to drum up a response like mine.

That being said, that elbow in the OP is clearly much, much closer than the wrist.

 

[LA76]

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Saw this over the weekend and was surprised to be told that the umps said it was fine. This was in USSSA and an 18u team. I really didn't care but was surprised it was said to be ok and looks like an injury waiting to happen to me.

Where was this tournament?

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[CoachJD]

Most rules say that the wrist shall not be further from the body than the elbow. Try it yourself, use brush and see if the wrist is directly below the elbow.

If it's literally touching the body it absolutely cannot "further from the body."

 

[Tazman]

If it's literally touching the body it absolutely cannot "further from the body."

The wrist is touching the body? Tyrannosourus whips?

 

[CoachJD]

The wrist is touching the body? Tyrannosourus whips?

Is Ueno's wrist (the side of it, anyway) not touching her thigh/hip here? Sure looks like it to me.