Running outside the baseline.

QuestionMy daughter plays on our jr. high team. We play by Ohio High School Rules. At one game the umpire told us that a runner can go three feet outside t

Pitching in fast pitch softball

QuestionPlease clarify - when the pitcher pitches, do both feet have to touch the rubber?  We just played a game where we believe that the opposing pi

third strike -- bounced before reaching plate

QuestionWith two strikes, one out, and a runner on third base, a pitch hits the ground before reaching the plate, but the batter swings.  The catcher

Girls 12 & under asa Fastpitch softball

QuestionOn ball 4, can a runner run directly to second base all in one play or must they take only first?  and, on ball 4, if the runner runs to first

Prensenting the ball

QuestionIn presenting the ball can the ball be in the glove as long as your hands are seperated when approaching the rubber? AnswerMichelle, In the curre

BUNTING FAST PITCH SOFTBALL

QuestionQUESTION: Player squares around to bunt.  Never pulls bat back.  Pitch comes in high.  Umpire calls a ball because pitch was high. &

rules for pitching

QuestionQUESTION: does the pitchers both feet have to be on the rubber when they start pitching or just one?  does the pitcher have to go in a forward

Softball - Co-Ed, slow pitch

Question Mark, here is another one. Last nights game utilizing the 20 ft no return line from 3rd base and the extended 1st base line for the runners from

DP / Flex substitution

QuestionQUESTION: Coach had flex bat in the DP spot (no problem) but my question is can the removed DP Courtesy Run for pitcher/catcher(who is not the flex

Ruling on 11 man line-up

QuestionI was recently playing in a ASA league game. The other team had 11 hitters in the line-up and no subs on the bench. One of the field players was re

ASA House League Game

QuestionLast Friday Night we had a game in the middle of the fifth inning the game was called due to rain. We were the home team and had not batted that in

co-ed softball on minimum number of players

Questionwhat is the minimum number of players you can play with in co-ed softball?  How many have to be women?  I had a game where the away team

Stealing Bases

QuestionQUESTION: Can you steal a base while the pitcher is doing their wind-up, or do you have to wait until the ball is released from their hand? ANSWER

mens slow pitch softball ruling

Questionthere is a runner on third and first bases with one out when the batter hits a fly ball to center field which is caught and is then thrown to the f

Umpire calling a game for personal reasons

QuestionTonight was my nieces last softball game of her middle school career and we were playing an away game. Before the game we heard the umpire inform t

base coach interference

QuestionOn a line drive foul ball towards third, the base coach reached up and caught the ball.  The field ref called the batter out based on coaches

Stealing

QuestionI had a runner on 3rd and the batter was walked on four pitches. I had the batter run to the base and she took a turn to 2nd but then came back to

High school softball runner interference

QuestionRunner on First and Second.  Ball hit to second basemen before she fields the ball the runner ran into her.  She fielded the ball and thr

Batter Box Position Relative to Pitch Speed

QuestionMy daughters are playing 13U fastpitch softball and I have a general question concerning the position of the batter in relation to the pitchers thr

dimentionquestion

Question1) high school softball pitching distance is 40, but is it measured from the front or back of the pitching rubber? 2) from home to second is 84 10