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Originally Posted by PWL
Steve,
They can turn and look as long as their hands haven't come to together. They can also turn and look as their hands are coming together. Their shoulders have to be back to parallel right before their hands come together. FED used to be the exception to this rule. They just okay-ed it last year as I recall.
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Yeah, I read it in the BRD # 360, at exactly the same time JM was messaging me with the news of my wrongness.
It used to be that the pitcher could not even turn his shoulders while on the rubber. They finally got that right, and then screwed the rule up even more with the "no turning shoulders after the hands come together during the stretch" part, which is still different from OBR and NCAA.
FED rules are the exception in that they allow quick, jerky movements of the shoulder in order to drive back runners. OBR and NCAA still call this a balk.