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NFHS - 6-1-1C - The pitcher shall bring the hands together in
front of the body for not less than one second and not more
than 10 seconds before releasing the ball. Hands may be
motionless or moving.
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So if an NFHS pitcher touches ball to glove in front of the
body as hands
are moving upward, then this would take about one second or more. I
would say legal.
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ASA - 6-1E The pitcher shall hold the ball in both hands for not
less than one second and not more than 10 seconds before
releasing the ball.
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Meanwhile, ASA says the pitcher shall hold the ball
in both hands. They don't say hands may be motionless or
moving, so one would assume as long as the hands are together, its ok.
ASA also does not say in front of the body. What would prevent
the pitcher from having glove hand, and bare hand with ball
behind her back, then bring hands forward and together for the
one - ten second requirement? Nothing by rule.
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Throw in one more. AFA - Sec 9.2 -a. 3) Hands must be separated.
4) Ball must be held in one hand, either bare, or
gloved. 5) Ball may be held in front of, at the side of or
behind the body.
c. The pitcher's hands must come together for no more than 10
seconds before releasing the ball. (no mention of at least one second.)
The hands do not have to come to a complete stop, therefore,
may be moving during the touch.

All slightly different. From what I have seen in each of the
three associations, they allow the touching of the glove as
meeting the requirment for bringing the hands together, either
motionless or moving.