Taking signs off the plate

[Skahtboi]

Don't do Little League, but as has already been pointed out, no infraction in ASA or NFHS. I don't care when, or from whom, they receive the actual signal. So long as after stepping on the pitching plate the hesitate (simulate taking a sign) before going into the motion. The verbiage "simulates taking a sign" is there for exactly this reason in all codes of which I am aware.

[tcannizzo]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

Don't do Little League, but as has already been pointed out, no infraction in ASA or NFHS. I don't care when, or from whom, they receive the actual signal. So long as after stepping on the pitching plate the hesitate (simulate taking a sign) before going into the motion. The verbiage "simulates taking a sign" is there for exactly this reason in all codes of which I am aware.

Isn't it that they must hesitate AFTER bringing the hands together?

[jmkupka]

I have it as, step on, hesitate, bring hands together (book mentions a minimum amount of time of togetherness, but the interp is that the touching alone satisfies the requirement), then begin pitch.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by tcannizzo

Isn't it that they must hesitate AFTER bringing the hands together?

No. Maybe you're confusing the requirement to "take or simulate taking" the signs (i.e. hesitate) with the requirement to bring the hands together for 1 to 10 seconds. During this "1 to 10 seconds" (which, by interpretation, means touch at least briefly) the hands may be moving, so there is no hesitation requirement.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by tcannizzo

Isn't it that they must hesitate AFTER bringing the hands together?

Still hangin' on to some of the coaching brain cells, huh?

[tcannizzo]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Still hangin' on to some of the coaching brain cells, huh?

Nah, somehow I learned this as an umpire.
Don't know where I picked this up, although I have been more selective lately.