Ok, I am trying to understand an "unwritten" rule, or possibly not even a rule.
Pitcher goes onto pitching rubber with hands separate...
Pitcher takes signal from catcher or coach etc...
Pitcher brings hands together....
Pitcher separates hands and pitch begins at that point....
Here is...
First, I am a coach who wants to win just as much as the next coach, but I want to win because my players out perform the other team. I never want anything I do as a coach to affect the other teams performance, instead I want to coach my team not find ways I can upset the other teams players...
Ok, so I was at a tournament this past weekend and witnessed what I would consider illegal pitching mechanics/motion when comparing to the "ASA Rules on Fastpitch Pitching". This was an ASA tournament.... I did ask lead umpire and was told it was allowed, but I want to see what everyone else...
I have pitched for many years and instruct area pitchers as well as my Tournament and High School pitchers.
IR is somewhat new to me or at least I have never heard of it mentioned prior, I must of missed something, LOL.
I get what I was taught back in the day was not necessarily the best, and...