The topic of Pitcher’s shoulder injuries is a hot one. It’s unfortunately, a hot topic because it is so accepted within the softball culture. Today, Kris Massaro shares ways to keep our pitchers healthy!

We know. It’s hard. Watching your girl out there on the field, playing the game she loves – you in the stands. You see every mistake, every error and you feel it, like it is your own. You see her having a bad day, and it’s painful – physically and emotionally painful FOR YOU. You…

You have but one chance to be a child. Soon enough, bills and relationships and commitments and stress and adult life and things to do will build walls around your free time. You have but one time in your life to do childish things. (although softball is not childish)

As part of our commitment to the players and coaches of fastpitch, we are working with Kris Massaro, owner of Softball Strong and ArmProBands to bring you weekly input in regard to training and keeping these athletes healthy. Please visit her blog at ArmProBands, and follow her at Softball Strong on Facebook!

Our goal with Facemask February Awareness, is not to launch an all out rule change in every fastpitch organization that insists on making/forcing kids wear a facemask. But rather to stifle the thoughts that somehow a girl wearing a mask is weak, or untrained, or not a good ball player. Because that is just not true. That is false. That is absurd. That is just the sort of egocentric attitude that gets a girl hurt.

But are we seriously stooping as a society to having our fields locked up and overgrown with weeds, rotting from non-use rather than played upon and practiced upon by our younger generation. All in the pursuit of dollars? Insane. Just insane.