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Dixie 12U: After bring her hands together in front of her body, she drops her pitching arm down and back to start her windmill but releases the ball at the hip and continues the revolution of her arm while the ball is on the way to the pitcher. The first time I saw it I thought it hit her hip. Dixie rules state:
6:04 THE PITCHER MAY USE ANY WIND-UP DESIRED, PROVIDED:
(A) She does not make any motion to pitch without immediately delivering the ball to the batter.
(B) She does not use a rocker action in which, after having the ball in both hands in pitching position, she removes one hand from the ball, takes a backward and forward swing and returns the ball to both hands in front of the body.
(C) She does not use a wind-up in which there is a stop or reversal of the forward motion.
(D) She does not make more than one revolution of the arm in the windmill pitch. A pitcher may drop her arm to the side and to the rear before starting the windmill motion.
(E) She does not continue to wind-up after taking the forward step which is simultaneous with the release of the ball.
She didn't make more than one revolution of the arm (D), but I wonder about (E) does this override (D)? Anyone else seen this pitch before in a fastpitch game?
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