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| 10-13-2009 | Oklahoma State Winter Camp |
| Coaches,
Attached is the OSU Camp flyer. Winter Camp- Saturday Jan. 23, 2010
Please let your players know about the dates.
Thank you and contact me with any questions.
Pamela Stubbs
Oklahoma State Cowgirl Softball
Director of Operations
W:405-744-4655
F: 405-744-0321
Pamela.stubbs@okstate.edu
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| 7-7-2009 | Softball Pitching Distance to Increase to 43 Feet |
| 07/07/09 - NFCA Release
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 7, 2009/courtesy NFHS) — Effective with the 2010-11 school year, the pitching distance for high school varsity softball pitchers will increase from 40 feet to 43 feet.
The new pitching distance was one of four rules revisions made by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Softball Rules Committee at its annual meeting June 8-10 in Indianapolis. The rules changes subsequently were approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.
Although the new pitching distance is mandatory beginning with the 2010-11 school year, NFHS-member state high school associations may adopt the 43-feet distance in 2009-10, if desired.
After at least 10 years of debate by committee members, the NFHS has extended the fast-pitch pitching distance to 43 feet. The change to Rule 1-1-2b was made after two member state associations experimented with 43 feet – Florida for four years and Oregon for one year. Coaches surveyed within these states were overwhelmingly supportive of the change.
Creating a better balance between the offense and the defense was the major rationale for the rule change. Experimentation results from both states indicated more batted balls were hit into play.
“Our main thrust is getting the defense more involved,” said Mary Struckhoff, NFHS assistant director and liaison to the Softball Rules Committee. “When more balls are hit into play, the defense is more involved in the game, thus enhancing skill development.”
The second revision (Rule 1-5) concerned bat specifications. The majority of the text is simply reorganized from the current rules book.
“This is primarily an editorial change,“ Struckhoff said. “We just want to be more detailed in our specifications in order to give manufacturers, coaches, players and umpires guidance on what is and is not permissible.” |
| Another rule revision for next season affects hair devices. An exception was added to Rule 3-2-12, permitting “hard, unadorned devices, such as bobby pins, barrettes and hair clips, no longer than 2 inches, to be worn to control a player’s hair.” The rule was changed to allow players more options.
“The exception allows players a practical way of dealing with their hair,” Struckhoff said. “The committee didn’t see that hair devices would be a nuisance or would pose undue risk to players.” The change also maintains consistency with NFHS volleyball rules regarding the same issue.
The final rules change concerns how a winning pitcher is determined. The committee altered Rule 9-6-6, changing the required number of innings pitched for a starting pitcher to be credited with a win to “half of the total number of innings played in the game.” The new language gives the starting pitcher the ability to earn a win even if she leaves the pitching position for another defensive position and returns as pitcher later in the game. It also allows greater clarity in determining the winning pitcher when a game is terminated due to the run-rule.
“Softball and baseball are different games and the requirements for a pitcher to be credited with a win should reflect those differences,” Struckhoff said. “In softball, it’s possible for the pitcher to pitch an inning, leave the position and then come back to pitch later in the same game. The change was made to reflect the culture of the sport.”
Softball is the fourth-most popular sport among girls at the high school level with 371,293 participants during the 2007-08 season, according to the High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the NFHS. It also ranks fourth in school sponsorship for girls across the nation with 14,846 participating schools.
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| 6-1-2009 | UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA SUMMER CAMP |
| The University of Indiana Summer Camp is scheduled for June 15-18, 2009 in Bloomington, IN. The camp will be put on by the Indiana coaching staff of Head Coach Michelle Gardner, Assistants Amanda Rivera & Christy Hebert. For more info contact Coach Christy Hebert at cjhebert@indiana.edu or 812-855-3569. |
| 5-29-2009 | ST EDWARDS UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES SUMMER CAMPS |
| 5-26-2009 | Ole Miss Announces Summer Camps |
| Ole Miss will be hosting its 2009 Summer Camps June 8-10 for players entering 9th grade through 12th grade, and June
15-17 for players entering 2nd grade through 8th grade.
Both of these camps will be held from 9:00am to 3:00pm and will NOT be overnight, so you will need to make your own accomodations. The camps will foucs on all aspects of the game (defense/offense and mental) and will feature the Ole Miss Coaching staff, as well as, current players. The cost of these camps is $250 per player. Each player will be responsible for providing their own lunches each day. Check in and walk-up registration will begin at 7:45 am on the June 8 and June 15.
Ole Miss will also be hosting a 2 day clinic for pitching and hitting July 14 and 15th for ages 8-18. In order to accomodate those who are interested in attending both of these sessions, the Pitching Clinic will be held from 9:00am-12:00pm and the Hitting Clinic will be held from 2:00pm-5:00pm each day. Again, these are NOT overnight camps, so you will need to make your own accomodations. The cost of these clinics will be $110 each and if you choose to attend both sessions the total is $100 per session. Check in and walk-up registration will begin at 7:45 am on July 14 for those attending the Pitching Clinic or both. Check in and walk-up registraion for those only attending the Hitting Clinic will begin at 1:00 pm on July 14.
Registration for these camps can be done online and www.olemisssports.com, click on the "camps" link and then find softball.
For questions or concers, please contact Assistant Coach, Staci Ramsey (662)-915-1550 or email at smramsey@olemiss.edu.
Hope to see you here!
Coach Ramsey
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| 5-26-2009 | UTA ANNOUNCES SUMMER CAMP |
| 5-19-2009 | ANGELO STATE HOLDING OPEN TRYOUTS JUNE 9TH, 2009 |
| The Angelo State University softball program will be holding an open tryout for any interested high school graduates at 10 a.m., June 9, 2009. The tryout will be held at the ASU Softball Complex.
In order to tryout, each player must be a 2009 graduate and must have a copy of a current physical used for the latest season. Without proof of a physical, you may not tryout.
Tryout participants will also need to complete a tryout waiver form in order to participate. Click here for a link to the waiver. If you are under the age of 18, this waiver must be signed by your parent or legal guardian. Registration with the NCAA Clearinghouse, current high school transcripts, along with SAT/ACT scores are highly recommended, but not required.
To reserve a spot in the tryout, please contact head coach Travis Scott at travis.scott@angelo.edu call him at (325) 942-2264.
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| 11-25-2008 | West Texas A&M Announces Winter Camps |
| Head Coach Kevin Blaskowski has announced the West Texas A&M Winter hitting and pitching camps. |
| Hitting Clinics will be on January 10,11,17 & 18th, 2009.
Pitching Clinics will be on November 22nd and December 6th, 2008.
Please follow the links to find out more information on these camps. |
| 11-13-2008 | Tennessee State looking for 2009 Pitcher |
| The TSU Tiger Softball Team is still looking for a 2009 pitcher. TSU is a D1 school in the Ohio Valley conference. |
| If you are interested in this opportunity the please email Coach Opdenbrouw at topdenbr@Tnstate.edu with your athletic bio and interest in their school and softball program. |
| 10-22-2008 | Frank Phillips College Looking for a Pitcher ASAP! |
| Head Coach Jenneffer Kohler reports that she has a immediate opening for a pitcher to come on board NOW. Coach Kohler says that the pitcher will get plenty of pitching time and she has scholarship money available for the right candidate. |
| If you are interested in this position contact Coach Kohler at jkohler@fpctx.edu and/or 806-457-4200 ext 730. |
| 6-18-2008 | Scholarship Available for a D2 Pitcher |
| Florida Tech (Division 2) has a scholarship available for a pitcher available this fall.
Please contact:
Ellie Hanover
Head Softball Coach
Florida Tech
(321) 674-7199
ehanover@fit.edu
www.floridatechsports.com
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| YOU CAN NOW PAY YOUR ENTRY ONLINE WITH A CREDIT CARD THROUGH OUR PAYPAL SYSTEM. |
| 1-30-2008 | Entering your Team |
| To enter your team into one of the events listed you must become a member of this site. Please click on the members link to set up your account. |
| The accounts are designed to be opened by the Head Coach of the team to be able to enter tournaments and keep a current roster online. There can only be 1 person per team on this account. |
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