Pitcher Stepping Back Before Pitch (NFHS)

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by k-blue

...Am I right or wrong?

You are right. However, NFHS is the only organization that I know of that allows the backward step, and most of the best high school pitchers here do not use it, since it is illegal in ASA, NCAA, etc. I see one or two pitchers a year who use it, and they are always from the smaller rural or small town schools.

If the coach did not specify a context for the advice from the pitching coaches she consulted, I'm not surprised they would say it was illegal.

And, as stated, if the coach doesn't recognize this movement as legal, she is not much of a high school coach.