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Softball Training: Shoulder injuries in softball
by Softball Performance Blog
posted June 3, 2009 at 12:29pm

I received the following email from one of our subscribers: "Marc, Quick question please: Have you noticed an excess number of shoulder injuries and shoulder surgeries? I was in OKC to watch the WCWS (4th year attending) and talked with another coac...more

Generations For Peace
by Women's Sports Nation
posted June 3, 2009 at 11:30am

International Softball Federation Executive Council member Beatrice Allen will help partake in softball training with the 70 peace camp delegates at the latest Generations For Peace Camp in Amman. Through Generations For Peace, softball coaches teach you...more

Overlook the Pac-10 at your peril
by Women's Sports Blog
posted June 3, 2009 at 10:28am

The basketball ranking committee has long understood that a good record in the Pac-10 is not indicative of postseason success for a team. The softball committee, by contrast, shouldn't even bother seeding a team from another conference first. Below: T...more

Congratulations to the University of Washington
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted June 2, 2009 at 11:44pm

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON...Here's how I live-blogged the final at-bats of the game:Washington is two outs away from the national championship, leading Florida 3-2 in the top of the seventh. But the Gators just got a double, putting...more

Washington takes game 1 in WCWS
by Women's Sports Nation
posted June 2, 2009 at 10:43am

This has to be the best Women's College World Series I have ever seen. Well, this is also the first WCWS I've seen in its entirety. After the crazy 4 hour game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Washington Huskies which ended in a walk-off walk, the nex...more

Women’s College World Series: As good as it gets
by Pretty Tough
posted June 1, 2009 at 9:19pm

The Women’s College World Series has been so full of great softball this year. If you haven’t been watching, you’re seriously missing out. So far the series has been a dazzling display of drama. A walk off grand-slam by a Florida senior who was 0-9...more

WCWS stuff
by After Atalanta
posted May 31, 2009 at 12:18pm

I love this weekend of the year, so many sports (but unfortunately so much yardwork that takes me away from the television).Anyway, I have been catching the Women's College World Series and noticed a few things:1. Will we ever reach a day when women are n...more

Women's College World Series - Friday Update
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 30, 2009 at 12:35am

Washington and Arizona State have completed a scoreless seven innings and are going to extras. The Huskies had a runner on third with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but couldn't bring her in. ...more

First woman to coach men’s professional baseball: Stop switching girls to softball!
by Fair Game News
posted May 28, 2009 at 11:41am

By Laura Pappano Justine Siegal coaches men Justine Siegal is billed by her team, The Brockton Rox, as the first woman to coach men’s professional baseball (they play in the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball or Can-Am League). Sh...more

Women's College World Series opening action
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 27, 2009 at 3:09pm

Here's the schedule for Thursday's opening action in the NCAA Women's College World Series...Washington vs. Georgia (1:00 Eastern)Missouri vs. Arizona State (3:00 Eastern)Alabama vs. Michigan (7:00 Eastern)Arizona vs. Florida (9:00 Eastern)All games are o...more

First game ever
by Women's Sports Nation
posted May 27, 2009 at 10:29am

Here is a little Olympic Softball history. The first Olympic softball game the United States played was held on July 21, 1996 against Puerto Rico. The US won 10-0 with the game being called in the sixth inning due to the run ahead rule. The US had 13 hits...more

NCAA Softball: Women's College World Series
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 26, 2009 at 2:55pm

With the start of the NCAA Women's College World Series just two days away, readers may be interested in how the teams in the WCWS field fared against each other during the regular season. As per my annual custom, I've created the diagram below...Florida...more

Pretty Tough Tuesday: Fastpitch 411
by Pretty Tough
posted May 26, 2009 at 11:11am

< p> 1. The College World Series is here! Don’t miss a minute. Check out the television schedule here. 2. The three finalists for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year were announced. 3. Did your favorite team make the Co...more

Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball
by Title IX Blog
posted May 26, 2009 at 10:12am

The topic of women and baseball is one frequently mentioned on this blog; just recently we posted about the Indiana teenager whose lawsuit integrated high school baseball in her state. There's also been much buzz lately about the International Baseball F...more

2009 NCAA Spring Championships
by TimNATC
posted May 24, 2009 at 9:54pm

There is something about the spring NCAA Championships that make them truly special.It is Memorial Day weekend which also means time for the Final Four in men’s & women’s lacrosse. This year the men play in Foxboro, Massachusetts and the women in Tows...more

NCAA Softball: Super Regional Board
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 24, 2009 at 5:07pm

The NCAA Women's College World Series field now has two more teams heading to Oklahoma City, namely Florida and Washington, as a result of play this morning and early afternoon. The Gators swept a pair of tight, low-scoring contests from Cal, whereas the...more

NCAA Softall: Super Regional Update
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 23, 2009 at 3:32pm

Here's the Super-Regional Board as of early afternoon Saturday...Alabama has eliminated Jacksonville State to advance to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. Meanwhile, Washington has taken the opener from Georgia Tech. Game 2 of the Michig...more

Women's Sports Nation Quickie Podcast
by Women's Sports Nation
posted May 22, 2009 at 3:30pm

On impulse, I decided to do a podcast this morning. It was only supposed to be 10 minutes, but it ended up being 32 minutes long so its not that quick. I had a lot on my mind with the Women's College World Series, the WNBA, WPS, and BackSoftball going on....more

Texas School District Under Investigation
by Title IX Blog
posted May 22, 2009 at 12:58pm

The Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District in Texas is currently being investigated by the Office for Civil Rights, which received allegations that that district has discriminated against female athletes by offering fewer opportunities and by p...more

WCWS: Stanford/Georgia both take game 1
by Women's Sports Nation
posted May 22, 2009 at 11:23am

The Women’s College World Series Super Regionals started Thursday producing two action packed games as Ohio State took on Georgia and Stanford hosted Arizona. There is actually some parody this year. It’s nice to see teams outside of the Pac-10 advanc...more

NCAA Softball: Super-regional weekend starts tonight
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 21, 2009 at 8:47pm

Super-regional weekend starts tonight, as shown in the chart below. There are eight "super" series, each two-out-of-three games. In any given super-regional, the teams will play a single game on the first day, then one or two on the second day (dependin...more

Oh yeah, and college softball
by Women's Sports Nation
posted May 21, 2009 at 2:51am

A lot went on this past weekend in women's sports. Women's Professional Soccer broadcast all three of its matches, the WNBA preseason kicked off, and the Women's College World Series began its double-elimination play. You think college basketball is tough...more

Save the date
by Women's Sports Nation
posted May 20, 2009 at 2:24pm

Mark your calenders. June 13th will be the Fifth Annual World Softball Day. In 1991, eighteen years ago to the day, the IOC added Softball to the Olympics. This year's theme will be "Back Softball" as ISF member nations will be commemorating this histor...more

Mackenzie Brown tells why girls who love baseball should ignore critics — and what she was thinking when she threw out the first pitch at a Mets game
by Fair Game News
posted May 19, 2009 at 7:12pm

On April 21, Bayone, N.J. Little Leaguer Mackenzie Brown pitched a perfect game, retiring all 18 boys who got up to bat; she was invited to throw out the first pitch a Met’s game a few days later. By Mackenzie Brown I started playing baseball for ...more

News-y things: Title IX, WPS, cycling & more
by After Atalanta
posted May 19, 2009 at 12:05am

I don't know what my problem is with finding things to blog about lately. But I am headed to s different country later this week so hopefully that will provide some information.It's not as if there has not been things going on. After all, the women's coll...more

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