1. Baseball Rules

2. Rule 6
Pitching

3. NFHS Pitching Regulations
Remember the rules regarding:
Pitchers uniform/glove
Pitching to one batter
Ambidextrous pitchers
Dropped ball
Warm-up Throws and Time Limits
Throwing at Batter
Tape, bandages, or other items on the fingers or palm of the pitching hand

4. NFHS Pitching Regulations
Two legal pitching positions
Windup
Set
Position of the Feet determines the position being used
When do pitching regulations begin (when is a pitcher a pitcher and not a fielder)?
When he intentionally contacts the pitcher’s plate

5. NFHS Pitching Regulations
What is the “Time of the pitch”
Defined as the moment that the Pitcher has committed himself to delivering the pitch to the batter
Crucial for determining balks, certain base awards
Different for windup and set position

6. NFHS Pitching Regulations
WINDUP
Position of the hands
Step onto the rubber with both hands at his side
Step onto the rubber with one hand in front of his body
Step onto the rubber with both hands together in front of his body
Position of the feet
Pivot foot is in contact with the pitcher’s plate
Non-Pivot foot on or behind a line extending through the front edge of the pitcher’s plate

7. NFHS Pitching Regulations WINDUP

8. NFHS Pitching Regulations
WINDUP
Allowable actions
Step off with Pivot Foot
Pitch
Pumps or rotations
Not more than 2
Foot movement (non-pivot foot)
One step forward, sideways or one step backward and then forward
Pitching motion
Continuous without interruption or alteration from the “Time of Pitch”

9. NFHS Pitching Regulations
SET POSITION
Position of the hands
Pitching hand at his side or behind his back
Gorilla Stance is legal, unless the arm is swinging
The ball may be in either hand or glove
Position of the Feet
Entire pivot foot in contact with or directly in front of the pitcher’s plate
Non-pivot foot if front of a line extending from the front edge of the pitcher’s plate

10. NFHS Pitching Regulations SET POSITION

11. NFHS Pitching Regulations SET POSITION

12. NFHS Pitching Regulations
SET POSITION
Allowable actions
Step off with the pivot foot
Step and throw to a base
Pitch
Coming Set
Must go from the stretch to the set position in one continuous motion
Must come to a complete and discernable stop with the ball in both hands in front of the body with the glove at or below the chin
Checking Runners
Turning the shoulders to check a runner prior to the set is legal

13. NFHS Pitching Regulations
Balks – with runners on base
Feinting toward first base
Drops the ball & it doesn’t cross foul line
Fails to step toward the base being thrown to
Throws or feints to an unoccupied base
Illegal Pitch
Stops or hesitates in the delivery
Removes hand from ball (other than in the act of pitching)
Doesn’t pitch after entire non-pivot foot crosses back of pitching plate
Makes pitching motion while off the plate
Within 5 feet of the plate without the ball

14. Questions ?