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In the spirit of no dumb questions, can anyone identify the rule differences between NFHS (National Federation of State High School Association) rules and ASA rules?
I was at a tournament last year and questioned a call and the ump pulled out an NFHS book for clarification of the rule. When I asked him why he was using the NFHS book, he responded that "there are only a couple of differences and I was always told to just go off of NFHS rules and I'd be OK".
Page 50, diagram 6, rule 6-1 of the NFHS was a source of controversy for me last year as I had one pitcher who loves to put her left foot back behind the rubber. I even had one High Schoool coach question her legallity. Obviously, the diagram shows one foot off the rubber (behind/within the side boundaries). Is this one of the "couple" differences the ump made mention of?
I've read the NFHS from cover to cover at least four times now (and the case book). I can honestly say, I'm doing good to memorize the 10% that I think I've memorized. Has anyone sat down and compared the rules or better yet, are there cliff notes that show the differences?
Thanks,
Bad Medicine.
I was at a tournament last year and questioned a call and the ump pulled out an NFHS book for clarification of the rule. When I asked him why he was using the NFHS book, he responded that "there are only a couple of differences and I was always told to just go off of NFHS rules and I'd be OK".
Page 50, diagram 6, rule 6-1 of the NFHS was a source of controversy for me last year as I had one pitcher who loves to put her left foot back behind the rubber. I even had one High Schoool coach question her legallity. Obviously, the diagram shows one foot off the rubber (behind/within the side boundaries). Is this one of the "couple" differences the ump made mention of?
I've read the NFHS from cover to cover at least four times now (and the case book). I can honestly say, I'm doing good to memorize the 10% that I think I've memorized. Has anyone sat down and compared the rules or better yet, are there cliff notes that show the differences?
Thanks,
Bad Medicine.