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Bill how often do you see men’s Fastpitch on TV? How many colleges give men’s Fastpitch scholarships? How many HS’s offer boys Fastpitch as an option?It may sound like or seem like I'm picking on you, I'm sorry for that. And I realize we aren't going to change each others' minds, but it's a fun conversation for me. You mentioned you're from the Northeast, me too originally. Just because you don't drive by your neighborhood and see men's fastpitch played doesn't mean it's not there. And I can tell you that the NE USA has a significant men's fastpitch history. IN FACT an assistant coach for the US Jr Men's National team (18u) is from Boston. Doesn't get much more Northeast than that111 So it's there if you wanted to see it. You clearly don't. That's fine. But you can understand my confusion since you said you preferred fastpitch to baseball as a spectator but, you just said as a player you'd choose baseball over FP (even though you've never tried it). EVERYONE I have ever met that played baseball, then went into fastpitch has said how much more they love this game than baseball. EVERYONE. And they all wish they had discovered it sooner.
You mentioned hitting being the same, or similar. I think you're confusing swing mechanics with hitting the ball. Mechanically I think you're right and it's been proven to be almost identical swings. Learning how to hit in FP is very different than baseball. And its a shame this distinction isn't taught more by hitting coaches (including female coaches). Learning how to pick pitchers, identify spins, look for tendencies are all things really never taught much and it's a damn shame. The prettiest swing in the world is meaningless unless they learn how to acclimate in a game and hit the moving pitches.
Bill
Not sure how you can consider men’s Fastpitch main stream when the masses don’t know it exists.
I’m a sports fan of all major sports and men’s Fastpitch isn’t one of them. Why? Where do you see it? Is there a men’s Fastpitch pro league with a big TV deal I’m not aware of?
I understand you being a little defensive because you obviously love the sport.
But I have to agree we have no common ground on men’s Fastpitch. I enjoy coaching and working with girls on Fastpitch. I have no desire to play or watch men’s Fastpitch even if I could find any games to watch.
I do get your point that if you really want to find something your passionate about it’s out there. You just have to know where to look.