I've seen a lot of posts over my couple of years on here about our members playing/played men's fastpitch. I guess the first time I saw a man throw underhanded was "The King and his Court" as a vey young kid ( 10? ). At that point I figured it was just a "exhibition" type sport.
Fast forward a few years, the next time I saw men's FP was high school. We were playing at a multi field complex and there was a men's FP game going on. Again I just thought "hmmm, wonder what their deal is". To me seeing a man throw underhanded was as rare as we see girls playing football now. ( that's just me )
We all grew up playing baseball, I had about .001% knowledge of fastpitch ( men or women ) but knew in our area women played FP. I can understand the defense could come crom a BB background. But how and when did these men learn to pitch? Were there leagues set up in youth like we have plenty of now for girls? Was it just not in our area? Was it just not in my time, born in 73.
I'm not knocking men's FP, it just wasn't an option ( that I knew of ) and wonder where they all learned to pitch. We all know the art of pitching takes years and I'm curious to how men developed their pitches. ( age, league, competitive, etc )
Thanks for the history lesson in advance.
Fast forward a few years, the next time I saw men's FP was high school. We were playing at a multi field complex and there was a men's FP game going on. Again I just thought "hmmm, wonder what their deal is". To me seeing a man throw underhanded was as rare as we see girls playing football now. ( that's just me )
We all grew up playing baseball, I had about .001% knowledge of fastpitch ( men or women ) but knew in our area women played FP. I can understand the defense could come crom a BB background. But how and when did these men learn to pitch? Were there leagues set up in youth like we have plenty of now for girls? Was it just not in our area? Was it just not in my time, born in 73.
I'm not knocking men's FP, it just wasn't an option ( that I knew of ) and wonder where they all learned to pitch. We all know the art of pitching takes years and I'm curious to how men developed their pitches. ( age, league, competitive, etc )
Thanks for the history lesson in advance.