Two questions from this weekend's tournament

[JefferMC]

In constrast, I was asked about a pitcher in a recent tournament.

The pitcher pauses (takes the signal) with her hands against her chest. Her windup starts with the pitching hand coming up out of the glove to above her shoulder and back around to the convential release, basically shaving at least 90 degrees of rotation off of most of her peers.

A little unusual, may get inside a batters head the first time she watches her, but nothing illegal that I could find.