ASA pitching rule

[Dakota]

Originally posted by coachfanmom
ok ok ok......I have this problem.....lol....I just can't let things go until I understand it no matter how hard I try.....lol.....and I THINK I got it now.....

somebody give me the page number and rule for the "reversal of the forward motion" thing...... I might be eating crow here unless I'm just making it all up in my head as to what she does..... will get her to demonstrate her pitch to me again this afternoon but it seems to me like she might be IP after all...... I have read and re-read my original post on her pitching motion over and over and I do now think she is IPing because of the "reversal of the forward motion thing".....HELP!!!!

The rule you want is ASA Rule 6-3-C (Fast Pitch). It is on page 83 of my Umpire Edition rule book. It says,

The pitcher must not make a stop or reversal of the forward motion after separating the hands.

Some overofficious umpires interpret this to mean "no backswing" but the backswing is specifically permitted in rule 8-3-D. But it does prohibit reversing the forward motion after the backswing.