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Did you know?
Q.What does P.O.N.Y. stand for?
A. Protect Our Nation's Youth
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Q. What does NSA stand for?
A. National Softball Association
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As of February, 2004 the defending world champion of men's fast-pitch softball is New Zealand, while the current women's champion is the United States.
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Softball is the most popular participant sport in the United States. An estimated 56 million Americans will play at least one game of softball during a year.
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Softball is directly descended from baseball and thus contains many similarities; however there are several pronounced differences. The primary reason for these differences is that softball was originally intended to be played indoors.
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Softball: Growing Popularity
• 1,700 colleges nationwide have women’s fastpitch teams (Amateur Softball Association). 1,100 colleges nationwide offer fastpitch scholarships for women (NCAA, NJCAA, October 2001).
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• In the 6-to-17 age group, girls comprise 62% of all slowpitch and 81% of all fastpitch players in the country (SGMA Report: U.S. Participation in Team Sports, 2000).
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• Over 64% of fastpitch participants are female (SGMA’s 200 Superstudy of Sport Participation).
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• 77,949 more high school girls play softball than soccer (Natl. Federation of State High School Associations). Overall, 1.9 million more people play softball than soccer (SGMA Report: Sports Participation Topline Report, 2000).
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• The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) registers over 245,000 softball teams comprising over 3.5 million players; 1.2 million are girls (ASA).
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• There are 20.1 million softball players in the United States (Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association)
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• Several of the traditional boys baseball organizations, such as Little League, Dixie and Babe Ruth, have successfully developed softball programs for girls.
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*Women’s Sports Foundation research*
• Girls and women who play sports have higher levels of confidence and self-esteem and lower levels of depression.
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• Girls and women who play sports have a more positive body image and experience higher states of psychological well-being than girls and women who do not play sports.
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• Sports help prepare girls for the highly competitive workplace. Eight percent of female executives at Fortune 500 companies report having played in sports in school.
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