Howard County Officials Training
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Howard County Officials Training
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Howard County Officials Training. Rule 6 Pitching Regulations (Slow Pitch). 2008 Changes. 2007 Rule. Section 1. PRELIMINARIES The pitcher must take a position with both feet firmly on the ground and with one or both feet in contact with the pitcher’s plate. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Howard County Officials Training
2008 Changes2007 Rule
Section 1. PRELIMINARIESA.The pitcher must take a position with both feet firmly on the ground and with one or both feet in contact with the pitcher’s plate.EFFECT: Delayed Dead Ball, Illegal Pitch
Section 1. PRELIMINARIESA.The pitcher must take a position with both feet firmly on the ground and with one or both feet in contact with the pitcher’s plate.EFFECT: Delayed Dead Ball, Illegal PitchB.(Seniors) The pitcher may take a position from the front edge of the pitcher’s plate to six feet behind the pitcher’s plate within the 24 inch width of the pitcher’s plate with both feet firmly on the ground.
EFFECT: Delayed Dead Ball, Illegal Pitch
Defense
Preliminaries
Fair TerritoryCatcher
Catcher’s Box Violations
3 Feet 17”
6” 6”
3 Feet10 Feet
Not part ofcatcher’s box.
3 Feet
4 Feet
SLOW PITCH – Catcher must remain in catcher’s box until pitched ball is batted, touches the ground or plate, or reaches the catcher’s box.
R/S #8 The catcher cannot move close to the plate if the batter is at the front of the batters box.
Batter’s boxes are not a part of the catcher’s box.
DefenseFeet
Preliminaries
Delivery
Catcher Restrictions
Ball Backto Pitcher
RUNNERLEAVES
BASE
OFFICIAL TIME
RUNNEROFF
BASE
DROPPEDBALL
OFFENSETIME
No Pitch
Runner OutRunner OutLegitimateLegitimateConfusionConfusion
Other Issues
Warm-Up Pitches
Slow Pitch Softball Strike
A SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL STRIKE:1. Must have a legal arc:
a. Minimum 6-feet from the ground.b. Maximum 12-feet from the ground.
2. Must be delivered underhand at a moderate speed3. Is judged when it crosses the plate.
18”22”17”9”
Slow Pitch Softball Strike
A SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL STRIKE:1. Must have a legal arc:
a. Minimum 6-feet from the ground.b. Maximum 12-feet from the ground.
2. Must be delivered underhand at a moderate speed3. Is judged when it crosses the plate.4. Must be a pitched ball that passes through the strike zone
which is that space over any part of home plate between the batter’s back shoulder and his/her front knee when the batter assumes his/her natural batting stance.
Slow Pitch Softball Strike
Remember that the position of a batterin the batter’s box makes no difference.The plate and batter’s natural stance atthe plate are the controlling factors.
STRIKE
A pitched ball that touches homeplate and is not struck at is always a ball.
BACK SHOULDER
STRIKE
STRIKE
BALL
BALL
KNEES
BACK SHOULDER
KNEES
Some part of alegally pitchedball must passthrough thiszone to becalled a strike.
