ASA rule changes NOW official

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Approved Rule Changes

JO 14U Girls FP change pitching distance to 43'

Approve the new SP only certification mark

Remove 44/375 ball from approved list for all aspect of the men's SP game EXCEPT Seniors

Allows a mix of colored adult men's headgear as long as the colors are that of the team

Remove "headband" from the rule regard headgear. Still approved, just not mandated in color or style

Allow JO 14U Girls FP players to wear metal cleats

Offers specific direction for the confiscation of illegal equipment at National Championships

Clarifies that unreported sub as a batter becomes official when noted and assumes the existing count

Dictates that a coin toss be used to determine home team

Add runs ahead rule of 12 after 4 inning to MP game

Creates maximum runs allowed per inning limit to Seniors game

JO Boys FP now following Men's FP rules as they pertain to required contact with pitcher's plate prior to start the pitch and stepping out of the 24" lane on the pitch

Remove wording in MP game that requires the pitcher to hold the ball in both hands prior to starting the pitch and brings the rule in line with the FP game of only requiring the pitcher to bring the hands together

Change the BR status on a BOO ruling. BR at bat will now be negated if put out during the play prior to the proper appeal of batting out of order.


The only rule that begins 1-1-2014 is the slow pitch ball change. Everything is effective 1-1-2013.

 

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thanks for posting

 

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Thanks for posting this information. Interesting to see what will happen now that it's 43 feet for the 14U. Some, but not a lot of girls at that age can throw effective breaking pitches. Might see some big scores at first.

 

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I might like to see a JO boys FP game lol.

 

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I might like to see a JO boys FP game lol.

I think they are relatively popular further out west.

 

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Approved Rule Changes ... Allow JO 14U Girls FP players to wear metal cleats

@ASAUSASoftball tweeted "The ASA Council voted this morning metal cleats will be allowed in 14-Under A and B in championship play starting in 2013!" and confirmed "championship play" in a follow-up tweet. Not sure why they would specify that since ASA rules can be modified for nonchampionship play. It will be interesting to see the actual amended rule.

 

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Carrying over my reply in other rules post to this one.

FYI...USFA is phasing out or AKA eliminating 40' at 14u. United States Fastpitch Association (USFA)

So USSSA, USFA, ASA, TCS, have changed to 43' for 14u. Will NSA remove option or did they already, not sure since I'm not familiar with NSA? ISA was at 43 in 2012. Point is, nice to see alignment.

 

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I think NSA went 43' the same year Utrip did

 

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From ASA website:

http://downloads.asasoftball.com/about/pdf/2013PlayingRuleChangeswithComments.pdf

 

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The ASA Code changes have also been posted - http://downloads.asasoftball.com/about/pdf/2013CodeChangeswithComments_latest.pdf

Notable changes (bold) for JO Fastpitch:

- All Junior Olympic team personnel assisting in the dugout must visually display proof of an ASA background check (current year)

- State and Metro Associations may choose to have pool play and a single elimination tournament to qualify 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, and 18U A and B fast pitch teams (not 18U Gold Fast Pitch) for advancing to ASA National Championships.

- Non Approved Bat. Any person discovered using a non-approved bat will be ejected from the game and are subject to further action by the protest committee.

- Teams may play in the ASA Territory National Championship [FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]of their choice (instead of closest).

- Eliminated all returning berths from future Gold National Championships. [/FONT][/FONT]