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Originally Posted by FullCount
... For example a pitcher cannot stop in mid-windup and then nullify the IP by stepping off.
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True, but besides the rule prohibiting the stop, she may not legally step off / disengage once the hands have separated. Rule 6-8.
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The pitcher may move back from the pitching position by stepping back off the pitcher’s plate prior to separating their hands.
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In the case of the pitcher taking the plate with the hands together, if she steps back off before separating the hands, that act is legal.
The question is: is it already too late due to the clarification of Rule 6-1-A?
There are ASA clinicians who apparently are saying, yes, it is too late, which makes the ASA rule and interpretation the same as the NFHS rule and interpretation.