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NCAA Softbal weekend update 5/14
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 15, 2011 at 1:33pm

Cal has beaten Arizona, 6-3, this afternoon to take two out of three in the series and finish in second place (15-6) in the Pac 10. Arizona State had clinched the conference title Thursday night.Talking about clinching conference titles, Michigan (18-2)...more

"Pregnant Women Welcome" in Slo-Pitch Softball: A Follow Up
by Women in Sport International
posted May 14, 2011 at 12:45pm

This post is a follow up to an earlier post that addressed one of our bloggers surprise that pregnant women were excluded from playing softball in any league affiliated with Slo-Pitch National. After doing some follow up research into the issue we have a...more

Upcoming NCAA softball selections
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 12, 2011 at 12:24am

With the NCAA selections coming up Sunday night, a recent discussion thread on Ultimate College Softball reminded me of how the tournament seedings don't always match up with the media/coaches' poll rankings. I thus decided to make the following chart, ...more

Slo-Pitch National Bans Pregnant Women
by Women in Sport International
posted May 11, 2011 at 5:22pm

Yes you read that headline right. I played my first games of the in the Ottawa-Nepean Slo-Pitch League last night with the Blue Devils and the Loose Cannons. Before both games (at two different diamonds, with two different umpires and two different team c...more

Softball Hitting Mechanics Aren't Enough
by Softball Performance Blog
posted May 10, 2011 at 9:36am

Every week (if not almost every day), we receive mail from customers, visitors, and newsletter subscribers. Today I want to take a moment to share one of these inquiries with you. This question (a good one) came from a softball dad. From the Softball P...more

Softball Tips: Control Your Attitude
by Softball Performance Blog
posted May 9, 2011 at 12:04am

If you’ve read any of my former posts you probably realize by now that my writing is meant to encourage athletes, coaches and parents alike. I try to string together words that perhaps you have read before, in a way that makes them sound fresh. Recent...more

Jennie FInch on her Mama!
by Jennie Finch
posted May 8, 2011 at 4:36pm

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.” Abraham Lincoln When I think of my Mother I think of my rock, my go to, to backbone, and so much more. I am so blessed to have the Mother I do. She is always there and always has been....more

Jennie Finch: Happy 5th Birthday Ace!
by Jennie Finch
posted May 7, 2011 at 5:16pm

Five years ago today our world was rocked, turned upside down, scattered around, and we were blessed with the greatest gift of all- Our Ace! Our hearts were ripped up and placed inside this 8 lb 11 oz angel. We were blessed with this love that we’d neve...more

Makings of a great softball team
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 28, 2011 at 12:31am

I recently read an article at TheGuardianOnline.com which was so full of softball awesomeness, I just had to share it with you. It's no wonder this team is experiencing success this season and quite impressive under a first year head coach! Here are...more

National Pro Fastpitch launches unique 20 for 2020 fundraising campaign!
by Women in Sport International
posted April 24, 2011 at 7:36pm

National Pro Fastpitch, the premier and only women's professional fastball league in the United States, has launched a unique fundraising campaign that is designed to raise vital league funding from individual donars. The league features the best women's ...more

College Softball: it's Michigan's turn to test-drive the #1 spot
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 20, 2011 at 11:27am

The way the present season has gone, each new set of weekly national polls seems to have a new team at No. 1. Such as the case this week, as the Michigan Wolverines have now ascended to the top of the USA Today/NFCA and ESPN.com/USA Softball rankings. Acc...more

Jennie Finch blogging for People Magazine
by Jennie Finch
posted April 19, 2011 at 2:34pm

Jennie Finch’s Blog: Finding Friends in Fresno < p>Belly at 30 weeks! – Courtesy Jennie Finch Please give a warm welcome to our newest celebrity blogger, Jennie Finch! The recently retired softball player is expecting her second child in ...more

Weekend Softball Roundup: AZ/AZ State win respective series, face each other this week
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 18, 2011 at 10:41am

No. 1 Arizona State and No. 7/8 University of Arizona each won their respective series this weekend, leading into a key series between the Arizona schools starting this upcoming Thursday in Tucson. ASU shutout UCLA in the final two games of the teams' thr...more

NCAA Softball: the hierarchy has been shaken up!
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 15, 2011 at 10:12am

The hierarchy among the nation's top college softball teams has been shaken up in the last week, so perhaps this weekend's games will help restore order. On the other hand, perhaps we'll just see more upsets!Alabama, No. 1 in recent weeks, got swept at LS...more

Jennie Finch on passionately chasing the dream!
by Jennie Finch
posted April 9, 2011 at 3:09pm

Last night sitting at opening night for Triple A baseball, watching Casey start another season of ball so many thoughts went through my mind. I was in awe of what a beautiful site it was. For starts it may have been the fact that for this wife and mommy...more

Softball Tips - How to avoid injuries and poor performance
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 7, 2011 at 2:07pm

Don't Skimp on the Warm-ups Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog You would think that this week's rant topic would be pretty self-evident. Yet apparently it's not. I keep hearing stories about coaches (many of them HS coaches ...more

Softball Pitching Tips - How to Break Through Your Speed Plateau
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 7, 2011 at 12:48pm

Getting past a 'PITCHING SPEED PLATEAU' by Hal Skinner, Legendary Hall of Famer and National Champion I once received a softball pitching testimonial from a softball dad that talked about the 'Pitching Speed Plateau' phenomenon. He talked about how he ...more

Jess Mendoza's Blog: How do we balance our life?
by Jessica Mendoza's Blog
posted April 6, 2011 at 12:22pm

One thing I have learned in trying to be the person who wears many hats, is that there is never the perfect amount of time spent for everything you want or need to get done. I have worn the hat of professional softball player, Olympian, President of the W...more

Fastpitch TV 152 - Alissa Haber
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 5, 2011 at 2:18pm

Former US National Team member and current NPF USSSA Pride player, Alissa Haber stops by to talk story with Gary Leland of Fastpitch TV about… her nerdiness the importance of bunting the effectiveness of tee work her history with the game and m...more

Pitching - How to get more strikeouts
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 1, 2011 at 1:38am

Baseball of Famer, Warren Spahn once said "Hitting is timing, pitching is upsetting timing." If you want to get more strikeouts and more wins this season, find another way to upset the timing of the hitters you face. One super simple way to do this is ...more

College softball on TV
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted March 29, 2011 at 8:00pm

The ESPN family of networks will be televising a number of college softball games in the coming weeks, as part of its larger portfolio of springtime collegiate athletics. The schedule is heavily, though not exclusively, oriented toward the SEC. There are...more

Charley the Championship Crawfish has gone missing! Help the NPF find him
by anngaff
posted March 29, 2011 at 1:36am

Nashville (via release) - Charley the Championship Crawfish has gone missing! The National Pro Fastpitch League (NPF) is relying on their fans to help find him, so Charley can be ready for the August 19th, 2011, Championship Series opening game. The Cha...more

NCAA Softball Weekend Roundup
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted March 28, 2011 at 10:57am

Georgia swept a three-game series from Florida this weekend in SEC play, to reassert itself as a conference and national force. The SEC softball website always provides nice weekend wrap-ups; here is today's.In the Big 10, Michigan swept a two-game series...more

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