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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
What are the criteria that determine whether it was a pitch?
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There are definitions in the rulebook(s). One describes exactly when a pitch begins.
This is an ASA thread. That rule is that a pitch begins when the pitcher, after bringing her hands together, separates her hands. The same definition applies to NCAA.
NFHS starts the pitch even sooner, depending on the pitcher's motion; it adds "or makes any motion that is part of the windup after the hands have been brought together".