Time limits and stalling

QuestionASA Fastpitch, 12U or 14u or any u for that matter, just about all tournament bracket games here in N. Texas have a 75 minute time limit finish the

Tournament brackets

QuestionWe recently received tournament brackets (5 teams). The schedule of games were as follows: Seed 4 vs Seed 5, Seed 2 vs Seed 3 and Seed 1 receiving

fastpitch softball hitting problem

QuestionMy 15 year old daughter is a good hitter with a lot of power.  Unfortunately, she has developed a bad habit of dropping her shoulder during he

Fair Territory - U12 Girls Softball

QuestionHello Mike. My daughter plays in a girls U12 softball league. A batter had hit a ball that came off her bat and landed in the batters box. The umpi

Commitment line

Question2 questions for you. #1.  Runner on 3rd base, less than 2 outs.  Batter hits a fly ball to outfield.  Runner on third heads to home

high school sports honors

QuestionCan you answer what the criteria are to make all divison, all county, all conference honors for high school softball? Is it based on performance? S

out field

QuestionAccording to the ASA official rules, How many girls may I have in the outfield for the pigtail division? AnswerHi Kelly, I dont what the pigtail

Pitcher with fear

QuestionHello, my 11(soon to be 12) year old daughter is currently experiencing a high level of fear while pitching this season.  Wearing a pitching m

Runner not being given time.

QuestionI had a runner advance to third she did not need to slide because the play was not really close.She had her foot on the side of the bag for what se

glove size

QuestionMy daughter plays third and now has a 12.25 inch glove sometimes it seems a little small. What size do you suggest. Also she moves to first when an

trips to the mound

Questionmy duaghter plays 9-10 fast pitch how many trips to the mound in one innning is a coach allowed to the pitcher thanks chad putman   AnswerHi

ejections and suspensions

QuestionWe had a player ejected from a game and was at first told that he was suspended from the next game. We were later told that after reviewing the rul

rounding first base after a walk

QuestionIm unclear with the rule!! When the batter gets to first base on ball four, Ive been told that if a batter rounds first base on a walk, and stops s

mens fastpitch speed

QuestionIve read that Eddie Feigners pitch speed would reach over 100mph. Is that common in mens fastpitch at the highest level? AnswerHello Richard, Unf

runner tagged before he vacated base

QuestionRunners at first and second, no out. Groundball hit to me at shortstop. The runner on second base stood his ground on the bag. I tagged him (while

error on a bunt

QuestionOur batter laid down a bunt. The 1st baseman fielded the bunt and threw it into right field. Our scorer (and i agree) gave the batter a fielders ch

10-under FP stealing

QuestionI understand in 10 & under FP Class B that the runner on 1st or 2nd can only steal 1 base per pitch. The question is if the runner on 1st steals 2n

Hitting Problems

QuestionHi Mike... My 12 year old daughter is a pretty good hitter when it comes to all the drills I put her through. She drills balls pitched from our pi

overthrow at first

QuestionMy daughter recently played in a 10u fastpitch tournament. She hit the ball past the shorstop to the left fielder. The left fielder fielded the bal

Dot Regulations

QuestionDr. Ambrose, The organization I work for is hosting a slowpitch softball tournament, and while shopping for softballs, we came across several clai