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How to attack your softball training for maximum success
by Softball Performance Blog
posted June 23, 2010 at 3:30pm

Two things you have to understand about softball training is that there are no "small things" and that often times boring = important. How often do you see teams to baserunning drills and actually see players run in an all out sprint? There may be 1...more

Arguments for a deeper National Team
by Women's Sports Blog
posted June 18, 2010 at 6:17pm

There are four teams in NPF, but one of them has the vast majority of national team players, from Mendoza to Watley. Yet coming out of week one of the season, USSSA Pride (no, I did not fall asleep on my 's' key) sits third in the league at 2-3. The B...more

Softball added at Weatherford College
by Title IX Blog
posted June 18, 2010 at 5:30pm

A year-and-half ago, OCR launched an "inquiry" into Title IX compliance at Weatherford College in Texas, in response to gross disparity in athletic opportunities for male and female students. The inquiry produced an agreement that obligated the college ...more

10 baserunning skills to practice
by Softball Performance Blog
posted June 18, 2010 at 2:28pm

Great baserunning can cause havoc on the field for the defense and create additional opportunities for your team on offense. While running bases seems pretty simple, there are actually a number of different aspect a great baserunner does well. Here ar...more

Softball Tip: Are You Putting Your Socks On Right?
by Softball Performance Blog
posted June 15, 2010 at 12:55pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog About a week and a half ago, one of the all-time coaching legends, former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, passed away. He was known both for his success — 10 Division One college champions...more

Softball World Series
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted June 9, 2010 at 8:57pm

Congratulations to UCLA for wining the Softball College World Series, beating Arizona two games to none. (We like they get to play the best two out of three, maybe basketball could adopt that!) In the last game UCLA won it 15-9 and the game featured a rec...more

I like scoring! And I'm not ashamed to admit it!
by After Atalanta
posted June 9, 2010 at 5:19pm

I wasn't as invested in the Women's College World Series this year. I turned it on when I was around. I went to one regional game. But I left the bar where I was watching game 1 of the championships on Monday night because I cared more about eating leftov...more

UCLA defeats Arizona in WCWS
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted June 9, 2010 at 2:59pm

The board above says it all. UCLA is this year's NCAA champion, giving Kelly Inouye-Perez her first title as head coach. Arizona added a late run, but it was nowhere near enough. UCLA needed a huge amount of luck to win Game 1, but tonight, the Bruins' ...more

WCWS: Yankees Vs. Yankees
by Women's Sports Blog
posted June 8, 2010 at 7:53pm

For all the parity this WCWS brought in its initial stages, here we are again with the usual suspects. They may play compelling softball and that's the heart of the matter,* but they're not teams that fans other than their (considerably sized) faithful ...more

Too much offense in the Softball Women's College World Series?
by Softball Performance Blog
posted June 5, 2010 at 2:07pm

Guest Post by Don McKay, Softball Editor for Bellaonline. I was watching Game 2 of the UCLA/Florida game yesterday on ESPNU and was kind of blown away by some of the commentary by Michelle Smith and Pam Ward. Because the game had controversy (6 illega...more

Softball fielding tip: Get your glove foot forward
by Softball Performance Blog
posted June 4, 2010 at 1:14pm

This very basic softball fielding concept is something that many players and coaches tend to overlook. Most players know which foot to step toward the ball with when they are receiving a throw. If you aren't sure, the title of this post gives you a ...more

Softball skills debate
by Softball Performance Blog
posted June 3, 2010 at 2:13pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog There's No ONE Answer for How To Execute Skills Most of us come to resources such as the Discuss Fastpitch Forum because we're looking to improve our understanding of the skills and strategies...more

What really wins softball championships?
by Softball Performance Blog
posted June 1, 2010 at 11:34pm

I'm sure you've heard the saying, "Offense Wins Games. Defense Wins Championships." But how much do you agree or disagree with that statement for softball. After all, to win a softball game you need to score runs and softball defenses cannot score. ...more

Field set for the 2010 NCAA Women’s College World Series
by Pretty Tough
posted June 1, 2010 at 6:11pm

Super Regional action is over and the field is now set for the 2010 NCAA Women’s College World Series. The biggest upset came in the Tuscaloosa Super Regional, where No. 16 Hawaii recorded a pair of one-run wins to eliminate No. 1 Alabama in three ga...more

Softball Defense - It's All About the Ball
by Softball Performance Blog
posted May 29, 2010 at 6:44pm

Defense in the game of softball is all about the ball. The basic job of a softball defense is to get outs at every opportunity and there aren't all that many situations in which you can get an out without the ball (and even then, most are technicalitie...more

Softball College Recruiting - 7 Simple Ways to Separate Yourself
by Softball Performance Blog
posted May 28, 2010 at 10:14am

After the last post about college recruiting and the comments that were left, I do have some thoughts to share with you, but those will have to wait for a bit. Right now, I wanted to share 7 Simple Ways to Separate Yourself from the Competition. Afte...more

Softball facility improvement forthcoming in NC
by Title IX Blog
posted May 26, 2010 at 5:01pm

It does not appear that we blogged about the complaint filed with OCR in 2009 out of Richmond County in North Carolina. But the allegations of disparities in the treatment of women's athletics, specifically softball, are currently being investigated. And ...more

Fashion, softball and big sighs
by Byline to Finish Line
posted May 26, 2010 at 1:28pm

From what I can gather in perusing the headlines, the big news on the women’s side of the French Open this year is the tennis outfit donned by Venus Williams. While fashion and the French seem to go together and the outfit has created some attention fo...more

Is Softball College Recruiting Getting Out of Hand?
by Softball Performance Blog
posted May 25, 2010 at 5:37pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog Once again, I have the NFCA's Fastpitch Delivery newspaper to thank for this week's topic on softball college recruiting. I hope a new issue comes soon, as I'm now out of topics from the curren...more

Softball should be an Olympic sport
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 25, 2010 at 5:05pm

I didn't use to have a horse in this race, indeed I even played devil's advocate on the issue, but now the world is being deprived of seeing Jen Yee play more softball and it's just wrong. More on this soon. ...more

There's Lesbians In Them Thar Hills
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 23, 2010 at 7:58pm

One of the things that women's sports journalists and bloggers are annoyed at having to contend with is the periodic need to respond to the soft bigotry of some athlete protesting 'but we're not all lesbians!' Is it really that hard to see that statemen...more

NCAA Softball notes 5-21-10
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 21, 2010 at 9:48pm

More articles on the NCAA tournament from around the country, with the bulk of the regional action starting today...Lubbock Avalanche Journal (on Texas Tech)UCLA Daily Bruin (on UCLA)Mobile Press Register (on Alabama) ...more

Foul call: Women’s softball cut short by darkness beside empty, lighted men’s baseball field
by Fair Game News
posted May 20, 2010 at 11:48pm

Photo is for illustration only. Credit: Walla Walla University By Rachael Goldenberg Who would have thought that one call — way back on opening day — could determine the outcome of a collegiate softball season? Wednesday, March 17 was the start o...more

Softball Pitching - Either We're Playing by the Rules or Not
by Softball Performance Blog
posted May 20, 2010 at 6:20pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog I have to admit sometimes I struggle to find topics for these weekly rants. Then other times, the topics are delivered to me by the U.S. Post Office. Such is the case this week. The latest iss...more

Softball Players to the Media: “We Are Not Lesbians, Damn It”
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted May 20, 2010 at 6:13pm

I don’t want to go back over the whole “Is Elena Kagan is a lesbian because she played softball 17 years ago” conversation, but I do want to note that the whole goofy discussion has, unfortunately as I feared, tapped in the homophobia that lurks jus...more

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