Using a new set of rules

[greymule]

I thought USSSA was 3 feet from the release to 10 feet from the ground. Measuring from the release point leads many USSSA pitchers to release very close to the ground. Maybe they've changed it.

This year, a large tournament used USSSA umpires but told them to use ASA arc. However, they were not to call flat or high until after the pitch.

As for the 1-1 count, most ASA SP leagues and tournaments around here use it. Of course, the mat isn't ASA either, but many leagues have gone to that, too.

As for cash up front, some ASA leagues do that, too. In one league, the commissioner hands me an envelope as soon as I arrive at the field for my 3 games.

Girls' fast pitch tourneys are often cash on the spot after the game, so if you do 5 games in one day, you report after each one for your $40.