Duke University to add softball

[29dad]

Not sure if this is old news, but it's definitely news to me.

https://nfca.org/index.php/front-pa...c-department-to-add-softball-as-varsity-sport

 

[JAD]

I hope Clemson and Wake Forest follow suit!

 

[guero_gordo]

Maybe they got all the women from Temple. ;-)

 

[Elk Grove Hurricane]

Hoping this spurs my alma mater to do the same. You can probably guess the school from my name.

 

[GADad]

Ditto JAD!

Vanderbilt would also be nice.

 

[Dave619]

That is good news for Duke and softball. If Clemson adds softball they will probably play in a cow pasture by campus!

 

[MsDinosaur]

Gee, I was complaining a few months ago because a college search engine included Duke as a school with a softball program. I guess they knew what they were doing after all!

Since DD's a 2018 HS grad, it would have sounded even better if their program was starting in spring 2019 instead of spring 2018. ;-)

 

[JAD]

Ditto JAD!

Vanderbilt would also be nice.

Is Vandy the only school in the SEC that does not have a softball team? Surprised Mike Slive does not make them "step up"!

 

[petricca413]

The secret to long-term success of softball at the college level and hopefully back in the Olympics is better hitting. I am a hitting instructor who teaches baseball-like mechanics to my high school and college softball hitters. They drive the ball harder and farther, without sacrificing their averages. A softball game dominated by the pitcher is not fun to watch, unless your daughter is the pitcher. I am pleased to see more and more college programs teaching power hitting mechanics. These programs are the most successful and they are the most fun to watch. However, there are too many "old school" softball hitting theories that advocate short, weak, swings that focus primarily on contact. This type of thinking will contiune to stunt the growth of softball.

 

[guero_gordo]

The secret to long-term success of softball at the college level and hopefully back in the Olympics is better hitting. I am a hitting instructor who teaches baseball-like mechanics to my high school and college softball hitters. They drive the ball harder and farther, without sacrificing their averages. A softball game dominated by the pitcher is not fun to watch, unless your daughter is the pitcher. I am pleased to see more and more college programs teaching power hitting mechanics. These programs are the most successful and they are the most fun to watch. However, there are too many "old school" softball hitting theories that advocate short, weak, swings that focus primarily on contact. This type of thinking will contiune to stunt the growth of softball.

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