Two questions from this weekend's tournament

[SamG]

I'm helping coach my DD's team and would like clarification on two situations (want to make sure I was given correct information). Not that it matters, but NSA fastpitch rules.

1) My team is batting. Batter starts to swing at a pitch then stops. PU calls 'strike'. I did not think her wrists "broke" (is that still the deciding factor)? I ask for an appeal from the BU who agrees the batter swung. OK, fine. After the inning as I'm walking back to the dugout, PU tells me once he called "strike", you can't appeal the call. Is that correct?

2)While watching the game before ours, one of the pitchers' motion looked "strange". If you can picture watching from third base side... pitcher takes the mound, puts hands together, keeps hands together and pulls ball down to about 7 o'clock (just past right hip), then moves (CCW as viewed from 3rd) ball & glove up to 12 o'clock. At that point, she separates the hands, brings the ball CW back to ~ 8 o'clock, then goes CCW through the full windmill before releasing the pitch. I couldn't find the line in the rule set, but I thought there was something about only allowed to pass the hip once. UIC looked at the motion and said it was legal, so fine. Is my memory faulty (very possibly)?

Thanks