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Old Sun May 17, 2009, 08:39am
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Originally Posted by marvin View Post
The double touch rule is very frustrating for lower level/beginning pitcher's to comply with. They want to bring their hands together to fix their glove, they step in the mound with the ball in the wrong hand and bring the hands together to switch the ball, they bring their hands together to reposition the ball in the glove, and they sometimes just want to start over and bring their hands apart to do so. They do these things because they have not developed a routine that complies with the rules.
The coach must understand the legal pitching routine and do their job ... COACH!
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