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Originally Posted by HugoTafurst
If the pitch starts when her hands separate, and her hands are together when she steps on the plate, how can she take signs with the hands separated without violating the requirement to pitch with a continuous motion?
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I don't umpire LL Softball, Hugo, so I don't know for sure. But again, as I read it, there is no stated requirement in 8.01(d), as there is in the other rule sets (e.g., NFHS 6-1-1a), that the pitcher has to have her hands separated when she first contacts the plate.
She could, for example, have them together as she looks down to get on the plate, separates her hands, and then looks up to start taking the sign.