{"id":6129,"date":"2010-12-09T17:42:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T01:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=6129"},"modified":"2010-12-10T19:02:25","modified_gmt":"2010-12-11T03:02:25","slug":"links-to-isf-pitching-rule-explanations-in-czech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=6129","title":{"rendered":"Feature: Links to ISF Pitching Rule explanations – in Czech"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Cap tip to Jens Terkelson who pointed us to a link on the Czech Softball site to ISF materials on the new pitching rule point of emphasis.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for a powerpoint presentation – in Czech – but with photos that show legal and illegal pitching styles.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for an enormous zip file – 120 Mb – which includes nearly three dozen explanatory video clips like the one below.<\/p>\n

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In addition, there is a note<\/a> from ISF Director of Umpires Bob Stanton, reproduced here, with some illuminating comments on the new rule’s interpretation.<\/p>\n

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Pitching Presentation<\/h2>\n

A power point presentation explaining the new pitching rule with embedded video has been produced by Softball Australia and edited for the international Softball Federation (ISF).
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\nThe ISF has adopted the presentation with their permission and we would like to acknowledge their contribution.<\/p>\n

The ISF would also like to acknowledge the contribution of Softball Canada and Softball New Zealand in the development of the interpretation of the pitching rule.<\/p>\n

The presentation is in power point and is designed to stimulate discussion and give a standard direction through the international softball fraternity.<\/p>\n

The ISF Pitching Points of Emphasis 2010 (see www.ISFsoftball.org<\/a> for the bulletin) is presented in a step by step slide presentation and then video or photos are used where possible to better explain the interpretation of the rule.<\/p>\n

It is important to note that this presentation has not been put together to have more illegal pitches called, it is merely a tool to clarify the interpretation of pitching actions both legal and illegal.<\/p>\n

Coaches and players should be aware pitchers who do not have a continuous pitching arm motion are illegal. Pitchers cannot stop in their motion, land, push a second time and throw.<\/p>\n

Umpires are reminded, if after a few pitches they cannot decide if the pitcher is illegal, that they should stop concentrating directly on the pitcher and spend more time on the game itself.<\/p>\n

Coaches and players are also requested to move on with the game.<\/p>\n

We all must remember the rule is written to allow the pitchers to pitch and we should not be looking to find illegal pitches in the game.<\/p>\n

I hope you find this presentation helpful.<\/p>\n

Yours in Softball<\/p>\n

Bob Stanton
\nISF Director of Umpires<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cap tip to Jens Terkelson who pointed us to a link on the Czech Softball site to ISF materials on the new pitching rule point of emphasis. Click here for a powerpoint presentation – in Czech – but with photos that show legal and illegal pitching styles. Click here for an enormous zip file – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,12,24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-isf","9":"category-videos","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6129"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6185,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6129\/revisions\/6185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}