That's what the coach said to his pitcher in a middle school game I just called. The only way the pitcher could get the ball across the plate.was to pitch it like an old timer in a beer league game. She dropped quite a few in there for strikes. The other coach questioned if those are legal pitches and I said they were. Was I wrong? Or can a pitcher throw a game like it was slow pitch?
"You can't arch pitch!"....Or can you?
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- May 17, 2012
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Yes, you can, in all rule sets. Had a pitcher that would throw her eephus pitch and it looked like slow-pitch softball.
I should clarify you still have to follow all the standard pitching rules. By doing so it looks a little weird sometimes.
Some coach braver than me would make a pitcher use that as her primary pitch mixed in with fastballs.
I should clarify you still have to follow all the standard pitching rules. By doing so it looks a little weird sometimes.
Some coach braver than me would make a pitcher use that as her primary pitch mixed in with fastballs.
Nothing on the rules say you can’t.
- May 29, 2015
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Nothing in the NFHS fast pitch rules.
From the slow pitch section (yes, there still is one ...)
Well this ain’t discuss slow pitch
- May 29, 2015
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If all of them are “change ups” then they aren’t really “change ups” … are they?
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Closest I ever got to being tossed as a player - I was pitching in a work league SP game. I'm "not getting the calls" (read, "couldn't hit water if I fell out of a boat"). Anyway, our coach/team manager yells out, "Throw strikes, Eddie!" (very helpful advice, I know). I just blurted out, "I am, but blue doesn't see it that way". Blue gave me a long stare, then gave a huge belly laugh and we continued. Not sure if I got better but the other team started swinging the bats at least.
