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Friday, February 24, 2006

Tennessee Softball Perfect at Classic

No. 4 Tennessee Lady Vol Fastpitch Softball team remains perfect on the season through the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in Las Vegas, NV.

"The 8-0 start for UT is the second-best in program history following last year 's perfect 16-0 opening on its way to a berth in the Women's College World Series. "

Read this entire Fastpitch Softball story at
http://www.ncaasports.com/softball/womens/story/9256996

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Fastpitch Softball Baserunning Tips

Lydia, a Fastpitch Member from San Francisco wrote, "I'm learning a lot from reading all the tips. I'm looking forward to reading about baserunning. Thanks again! "

For Lydia and others looking for tips on baserunning, we've put together list of 29 Fastpitch Softball Baserunning Tips. Find these tips for better baserunning at http://www.allaboutfastpitch.com/baserunning-tips.html - enjoy.

Monday, February 13, 2006

Upcoming Fastpitch Interviews

Our February Fastpitch Interview will be posted to the site some time this week. That interview is with Dr. Donald A. Chu, a leading authority on sports medicine and author of the book, "Jumping Into Plyometrics".

The March Fastpitch Interview will be with Cindy Bristow ~ you can learn more about Ms. Bristow at her website http://www.softballexcellence.com/.

Don't forget, by signing up for a Free Fastpitch Membership, you can have all Fastpitch Interviews e-mailed directly to you before they are posted to the site. Sign up for your Free Fastpitch Membership at www.AllAboutFastpitch.com.

Friday, February 10, 2006

New Page ~ Team Building Quotes

As we all know, softball is a team sport. Therefore, teamwork is key to sucess. This is why we've added a new page to our website with Team Building Quotes you can share with your team. Read them at http://www.allaboutfastpitch.com/team-building-quotes.html.

If you haven't don't so already, also take a look at the article on Building a Sports Team ~ http://www.allaboutfastpitch.com/team-building-article.html.

Both of those pages goes along with our page of Teamwork Coaching Tips which can be found at http://www.allaboutfastpitch.com/coaching-tips-teamwork.html.

Best wishes on your season!

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Pearl City Wins Hawaii State Softball Title

Congratulations to the Pearl City Chargers for winning the Hawaii High School DI State Championship.
Read the article here http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060205/SPORTS0305/602050371/1047/HIGHSCHOOL

Pac-Five captured the DII title ~ congratulations to the Wolfpack! Their story is here ~ http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060205/SPORTS0305/602050372/1047/HIGHSCHOOL

The Honolulu Advertiser published their State Tournament Team selections today ~ see their picks here ~ http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060207/SPORTS03/602070359/1042/SPORTS

Monday, February 06, 2006

No Return for Softball in 2012

Softball, Baseball Suffer Big Blow Before 2012 Games

The return of softball and baseball to the 2012 Olympics rested upon the possibility that IOC members vote the sports back in during their session next week in Turin. It was revealed yesterday that discussion of this issue is not even on the agenda for the meeting.

Read the article at http://articles.news.aol.com/sportsevent/article.adp?id=20060205113709990004

Fastpitch Softball Comments

Thanks to a friend of mine, I realized that no one can post comments here on this blog unless they are a registered user. Well, I've just changed that setting so that anyone who comes by can post a comment to this blog. As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts! Just hit the comment link below any post and make your opinion known.

Saturday, February 04, 2006

New Inspirational Quotes Added

We've added some new quotes to our inspirational quote page ~ hope you enjoy them. I know I find it motivating to read those quote every so often and I hope you do too!

Have a wonderful month of February and do something great this month!

Get inspired here!

Friday, February 03, 2006

Seeded teams fall in Hawaii HS State Championship

On the 27th of January I wrote that post titled "You never know!" ~ last night all 4 of the seeded teams in this year's Hawaii High School DI Softball State Tournament lost. We knew this week would provide some exciting softball and it certainly has. The 4 teams left battling for the DI State Championship are Mililani, Moanalua, Pearl City, and Kapolei. The semi-final games are tonight and will be broadcast statewide on Oceanic Cable's OC16.

Read the Story here.

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Top College Fastpitch Softball Teams

The ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll which was last updated on January 25, 2006 lists the top 3 teams in the country as follows:

1. Michigan
2. UCLA
3. Tennesee

See the rest of the results at http://www.ncaasports.com/softball/womens/polls/divi

Can't wait to see the season unfold. I know I look forward to watching the championship series this year. Last year's was so exciting.