halskinner
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- May 7, 2008
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You are in your preliminaries up to the instant you separate your hands, now the pitch is in progress and the preliminaries are over. Once you open your hand and release the ball, the delivery is in progress and the pitch is over. Although, the rulebooks seem to include the delivery as part of the pitch.
Once the hands separate the feet do not have to stay on the rubber. The discussion was bringing the throwing hand and ball down and to the rear while keeping the ball hidden in the glove. I have no problem with concealing the ball as long as you can, as long as the glove does not cross that line. The only way it can cross that line, in my opinion, is to pivot at the hips before the hands separate and that means they are turning their shoulder while still in the preliminaries. Technically, by the letter of the law of the rulebook, not permitted.
I went into alot of detail of ways to conceal the grip in my 1st and 2nd book. I even outlined a few ways you can distract the batters attention away from the ball immediately after release.
I never said I was against hiding the ball. I merely brought up a few technicalities that always seemed to be walking the fence between a legal and illegal action when it comes to open mechanics. Again, I have never seen anyone called for those and doubt I ever will.
Once the hands separate the feet do not have to stay on the rubber. The discussion was bringing the throwing hand and ball down and to the rear while keeping the ball hidden in the glove. I have no problem with concealing the ball as long as you can, as long as the glove does not cross that line. The only way it can cross that line, in my opinion, is to pivot at the hips before the hands separate and that means they are turning their shoulder while still in the preliminaries. Technically, by the letter of the law of the rulebook, not permitted.
I went into alot of detail of ways to conceal the grip in my 1st and 2nd book. I even outlined a few ways you can distract the batters attention away from the ball immediately after release.
I never said I was against hiding the ball. I merely brought up a few technicalities that always seemed to be walking the fence between a legal and illegal action when it comes to open mechanics. Again, I have never seen anyone called for those and doubt I ever will.
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