Scholarships

[Skahtboi]

Originally posted by Dukat
Granted from a biased Slow Pitch Lover but:

But fast pitch de-emphasizes defense as a whole and basically says if you have an awesome pitcher and catcher you can field the other positions with junk and still be competitive whereas in Slow Pitch every player must be a good defensive player.

I don't know where you have been watching FP! Around here, if you go to a 12U and up, (14U, 16U, 18U and adult), you will see the ball put into play on a regular basis, and some damn fine defensive play. I have seen some incredible shoe-string catches, great double plays, and players gunned down at first (something you never see in SP) by a center fielder...etc. Overall, IMO, FP is more of a "total" game.

IMHO I would rather watch/coach/umpire a girl’s slow pitch game than fast pitch any day and I have seen/heard many girls give the same opinion but the parents feel they must play only fast pitch or they will never got a scholarship.

My daughter tried both when she was younger. She absolutely hated SP, and yet I encouraged her to give it yet another try, partially because back in those days I was still playing SP as well. She came away from her second season still hating it. She has never played, nor expressed a desire to since. There were two other players who played FP with her who had the same opinion of SP. They all felt it didn't challenge them enough.

There's my two cents worth on the argument!