TAKKLE.com Announces Deal with ML Strength to Offer Training Advice for Baseball and Softball Athletes
Dana Cavalea, CEO of ML Strength and Director of Strength and Conditioning for the New York Yankees, will provide weekly training updates for high school athletes looking for n edge in performance training.
Softball: Olympic Sport No Longer?
Softball has been around since a man named George Hancock first invented the game in 1887 in Chicago. It took over 100 years, but womens fast pitch softball became an Olympic event in 1996.
New Twist on Softball Gaining Popularity Around the Nation
Arena Softball, a new indoor sport recently featured in the Sacramento Business Journal, is catching on in cities around the country and even around the world.
Redcliffe Imaging Sign Up to European Slowpitch Softball Championships
Redcliffe Imaging have agreed to sponsor the European Slowpitch Softball Championships by providing the event with many different promotional items giving a fantastic spectacle. The event takes place in July at the Southampton University sports grounds and involves teams from across Europe. The Great Britain team are hoping to defend their title they won two years ago in Slovenia.
CoachYouthSports.com Now Offers Combat Baseball & Softball Products
CoachYouthSports.com, a leading provider of youth coaching materials, proudly announces the expansion of its offerings to include Combat Baseball and Softball products. Combat has the hottest composite bat in the industry, the Combat B1 DaBomb and the new Combat Virus. Combat Products can be purchased directly from the CoachYouthSports.com website.
Softball Showcase Snags Heritage High School Multi-Sport Athlete Samantha Joe Nardone
Softball Showcase continues its rapid growth. The online community for competitive fastpitch softball recruits has surpassed 1,900 player profiles. One reason for Softball Showcase's impressive run is its ability to attract top talent throughout the country like Menifee's multi-sport athlete Samantha Joe Nardone. Nardone plays volleyball and softball at Heritage High School and plays first base for the Strike Force Softball travel team.
Fixing Your Softball Glove Laces
Over time, baseball and softball glove laces can become stretched, damaged, or even break. Stretched laces create larger and larger gaps between the fingers of the glove. Laces that are too loose, can, over time, actually result in deformation of the glove's shape. Very large gaps can actually be dangerous as hard line drives can sometimes get through one of these gaps and can injure the player.
Softball Safety Tips
Despite the name, a softball is not soft. A softball is about twelve inches in circumference - three inches larger than a baseball. Thousands of children in the United States are treated in emergency rooms for baseball and softball-related injuries. Softball injuries to the head are involved more than any other part of the body.
Similarities In Baseball And Softball
A comparison between softball and baseball can easily be made as softball is directly descended from baseball and therefore, it contains some important similarities. Despite this fact, however, there are also several important differences. The primary reason for these differences is that softball was originally intended to be played indoors. It would be a lot easier to talk about the differences between these two, but we are here to talk about their similarities.
RevFire First to Measure Spin Rate on Baseball and Softball Pitches
As pitchers fiercely compete for a spot on the team roster in spring training, new technology is announced that can shed light on their performance. The newly released RevFire is the first product that can measure the spin rate of a pitched ball.