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Originally posted by bethsdad: step back as long as your hands are together
Cecil: Unlike NFHS where any step back must be before or concurent with joining the hands.
TruBlu: How about the pitcher never bringing the hands together whatsoever? Is this legal in LLWS?"
It has been a few years since I've done LL (so my book is a little old). LL pitching rules have always been the same as NFHS, except they allowed 8 warmup pitches. (And if that reminds you of baseball, than note that LL used to state in two places that "there is no balk in softball!"
Unless there has been a recent change, Bethsday is incorrect; the step back is allowed, but like in NFHS, it has to start prior to hands coming together.
I am sure the hands must come together. However, at one time LL was confused, for they stated that "the pitcher had to come to a stop with ball in one hand or both hands for not less than one second nor more than 10 seconds." Then later in the rules they talked about the hands coming together. I assume that by today they have fixed that language to follow other codes.
WMB
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