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Hello everyone,
I play local league and represent my town in our veterans county league and occasionally I have played national veterans league. At every level I encounter players consistently and deliberately breaking the service rule to gain an advantage. Whether players are serving almost straight out of their hand or whether they are throwing the ball backwards onto their bat or masking the contact with the ball with their shoulder or arm.
I have just watched the Gavin Rumgay video on the "kicker serve" thread and we can all see that Gavin throws the ball up but back toward his body and masks the contact on the ball with his shoulder.
Why is it that the rules regarding service are blatantly ignored when they are so clear and when will we have umpires that have the guts to call players when they break these rules.
(Note : This is not a dig at Gavin in any way, a video with him in demonstrating the point I was making just happens to be on the forum right now)
I play local league and represent my town in our veterans county league and occasionally I have played national veterans league. At every level I encounter players consistently and deliberately breaking the service rule to gain an advantage. Whether players are serving almost straight out of their hand or whether they are throwing the ball backwards onto their bat or masking the contact with the ball with their shoulder or arm.
I have just watched the Gavin Rumgay video on the "kicker serve" thread and we can all see that Gavin throws the ball up but back toward his body and masks the contact on the ball with his shoulder.
Why is it that the rules regarding service are blatantly ignored when they are so clear and when will we have umpires that have the guts to call players when they break these rules.
(Note : This is not a dig at Gavin in any way, a video with him in demonstrating the point I was making just happens to be on the forum right now)