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NFHS Rules & Umpire Guide
Chopped ball - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----An illegal shot in which the ball is
deliberately hit hard downward so that it bounces into the air in an attempt to
avoid being caught.
fair ball - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----- ball may go foul and come back fair before
1st and 3rd
- ball is judged where ball is, not where it is fielded
- fly ball is judged at first point of contact after 1st and 3rd
foul ball - ---✔✔✔ANSWER-----any batted ball that stops or settles in foul
territory w/ out first being touched in fair territory, beyond 1st and 3rd base
-strike unless batter has 2/3
- foul ball may be caught and runner may advance
, - foul ball not caught (dead ball)
bunt - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----not swung at, intentionally met with bat &
tapped slowly
strike zone - ---✔✔✔ANSWER-----the space directly above home plate
which is not higher than the batter's highest shoulder
-nor lower than the bottom of the batter's front knee when the batter assumes
his natural stance
-any part of a pitched ball is strike
infield fly - ---✔✔✔ANSWER-----fair ball (not line drive)
-can be caught by an infielder w/ ordinary effort
-less than 2 outs
-runner's 1st & 2nd OR
-runners on 1st, 2nd, 3rd
obstruction - ---✔✔✔ANSWER-----fielder not in position of ball nor in the
act of fielding nor proper position to receive a throw (ball must be in flight) which
impeded w/ the progress of a runner
-can be verbal
special ground rules - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----...
NFHS Rules & Umpire Guide
Chopped ball - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----An illegal shot in which the ball is
deliberately hit hard downward so that it bounces into the air in an attempt to
avoid being caught.
fair ball - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----- ball may go foul and come back fair before
1st and 3rd
- ball is judged where ball is, not where it is fielded
- fly ball is judged at first point of contact after 1st and 3rd
foul ball - ---✔✔✔ANSWER-----any batted ball that stops or settles in foul
territory w/ out first being touched in fair territory, beyond 1st and 3rd base
-strike unless batter has 2/3
- foul ball may be caught and runner may advance
, - foul ball not caught (dead ball)
bunt - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----not swung at, intentionally met with bat &
tapped slowly
strike zone - ---✔✔✔ANSWER-----the space directly above home plate
which is not higher than the batter's highest shoulder
-nor lower than the bottom of the batter's front knee when the batter assumes
his natural stance
-any part of a pitched ball is strike
infield fly - ---✔✔✔ANSWER-----fair ball (not line drive)
-can be caught by an infielder w/ ordinary effort
-less than 2 outs
-runner's 1st & 2nd OR
-runners on 1st, 2nd, 3rd
obstruction - ---✔✔✔ANSWER-----fielder not in position of ball nor in the
act of fielding nor proper position to receive a throw (ball must be in flight) which
impeded w/ the progress of a runner
-can be verbal
special ground rules - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----...
