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I attended clinics this past weekend on both ASA and NFHS.

On this particular subject, we've always been instructed to call the illegal pitch when it occurs. In the case of a pitcher stepping on the pitcher's plate w/ hands together, the concensus in both sessions is that once you verbalize the illegal pitch, 95% of the time no pitch will be forthcoming.

I haven't personally called this one many times, but the few times that I did, the pitcher did not follow through with a pitch.

The ones I've missed a couple of times are the double touches that happen from an otherwise compliant pitcher. For whatever reason, she'll do that double touch, and I'm caught a bit off-guard. Did she just do that? Then I have to pay more attention the next time. Windy days are easier, because I almost expect a pitcher to adjust a wisp of hair that might have been blown out of place.