View Single Post
  #4 (permalink)  
Old Tue Jul 21, 2015, 04:52pm
AtlUmpSteve AtlUmpSteve is offline
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Woodstock, GA; Atlanta area
Posts: 2,822
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake26 View Post
Having been taught the same, I find this equivalent to the ASA and NFHS "possession" wording since the ball is virtually always traveling faster than the runner. (Yes, there might be a rare exception where the (bad) throw is a high, soft underhand lob - a squeeze play comes to mind.) But someone may educate me that, "No, they are not equivalent because ... ."
They are not equivalent in the instances where the throw beats the runner, but the throw is not caught and immediately possessed.
__________________
Steve
ASA/ISF/NCAA/NFHS/PGF
Reply With Quote