I had a coach(mad) and some umps(confused) about the pitching I and other coaches saw. Here is the senerio.

The pitcher took her right foot and bearly touched the pitching rubber, while her left NEVER touched the rubber @ all, then while in her pitching motion she would drag her right foot backwards that was barely on the rubber and completely stepped her left foot over the pitching rubber.

Illegal or Not?

PS: I thought both feet had to touch rubber on start.

Coach
 

[b]ASA rule 6.1 C2 states "Both feet must remain in contact with the pitchers plate at all times prior to the forward step." [b/]


You are correct


Don

Illegal for any age in ASA JO, but legal in HS.

Not legal in HS using NFHS rules. Only the non-pivot foot may take the backwards step. From what I am reading in this original post, the pivot foot took a backward step. As a matter of fact, the way that I read this, it is illegal in associations that I call for.

The part about the non-pivot foot being behind the pitching plate at the start of the pitch is legal, though, in NFHS and USSSA. However, once the pivot foot moves backwards, it is an illegal pitch.

Scott