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Old Tue Apr 28, 2015, 01:28pm
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Originally Posted by Dakota View Post
Do the rules define a backswing? Does it have to go past the hip?
No they don't, so it leaves it to us to judge it. And I judge a pitcher removing her hand from the glove and then placing it against her hip and stopping is not a backswing. There is no element of "swing" in there.
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