Illegal Pitch

bigdave622 · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 21, 2003, 07:18pm

What constitutes an illegal pitch in regards to arc in
girls fastpitch softball? Are there different rules for
ASA and Babe Ruth? My daughter plays in 10 and under Babe Ruth and some pitchers are practically pitching slowpitch arc.

[Edited by bigdave622 on Aug 21st, 2003 at 07:20 PM]

greymule · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 21, 2003, 08:13pm

There are no restrictions on the arc in ASA fast pitch or modified pitch.

Dakota · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 21, 2003, 11:01pm

Quote:

Originally posted by bigdave622
My daughter plays in 10 and under Babe Ruth and some pitchers are practically pitching slowpitch arc.

Perfectly legal, and fairly common in little girls rec leagues. Darn tough to find pitches in the strike zone sometimes, but it is legal.

Skahtboi · #4 (**permalink**) Fri Aug 22, 2003, 09:43am

That would be a legal pitch in all associations that I know of.

JEL · #5 (**permalink**) Fri Aug 22, 2003, 12:40pm

10 and under, most of the girls are not much bigger than the ball anyway! Really though, for this age, focus on the mechanics, that is where the rules apply, the arc will get less and less while little arms get stronger. The arc is somewhat expected, thus the shorter distance at this age. Now I have seen some umps call an arc illegal, but that is incorrect, and for some younger girls, it is not possible to throw without an arc.