Anyone got a decoder ring????

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NFHS is its own animal - That is high school ball. Completely separate of everything else.

ASA is the premiere Org for Junior Olympic Fast Pitch and just about all Amateur Softball.

Followed by NSA UTrip and the other alphabet soup orgs.

Each of these orgs are are individual and independent sanctioning body for Softball. This results in the uniform and rules variations. Each have their own championships and various things.

Youre going to have to decide for yourself what works best for you in terms of what you are looking for and of course, the money vs investment.

Nationals, especially ASA, you can learn about once you are working in it from UICs etc. Essentially every Late Jul/Aug are the ASA championships in many categories/age groups/regions. In addition to teams qualifying and making it, many umpires work to make it to these. So its not automatic (in ASA) there are criteria.

I'm not familiar with how NSA and them do it.