National Scouting Report is your reliable, accurate source for NCAA rules. Today we will cover three new softball rules. This season the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, PAC-12 and Southeastern conferences are mandated to experiment with three new pace-of-play rules during conference play, but only during the regular season. All other conferences, regardless of division, may … Read more
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association held their annual Coaches Clinic in Elizabeth, Indiana January 6-7, 2017. National Scouting Report was there mingling and networking with high school and travel ball coaches from all over the Midwest. At the NFCA Coaches Clinic NSR scouts Robby Wilson, Stephen Hearon, and Sara Rondeau were able to meet with … Read more
NSR scout Tanya Richardson (Washington) knew she had found the real deal in Kennedy-Sue Robillard. See, NSR scouts all across the United States are constantly on the ground scouting games, matches and meets, combines, showcases and tournaments for high school student-athletes who have all the tools to advance to the college level. When Richardson first … Read more
Online recruiting services don’t do these sorts of things. After all, they are online. National Scouting Report does because we are the world’s oldest and most respected scouting organization. National Scouting Report scouts from across America are gathered this week (Dec. 5-9) at the National Fastpitch Coaches Association convention in New Orleans to meet and speak with … Read more
There may be a handful of 6-foot-two freshman softball pitchers in America. Jaycie Cline is an NSR prospect, she is one of them and she is very good. Her height definitely gives her an advantage in the circle, but what may be her biggest plus side is that she is a relentless competitor. NSR’s national … Read more
No way anybody is about to take Jordan Hodge‘s gun away. Get this: The 5’10” junior softball catcher from Station Camp High in Hendersonville, Tennessee, has a pop time of 1.68. You read that right – from the time a pitch hits her glove behind the plate until her throw hits the fielder’s glove at second base, … Read more
Recruiting. One of the scariest words I ever heard as a softball player wanting to play at the next level. I had no idea where or even how to start and neither did my parents or my coaches. High school coaches always said, “If they are good enough, people will come.” As a high school … Read more
We’ve all seen Raven Chavanne, Caitlin Lowe, and Natasha Watley make defenses look silly for years. No matter how the defense sets up, slappers are able to adjust their plan of attack to get on base. What is a Slapper? There is not a template of what makes a player a possible slapper. Typically, college … Read more
Written By Robby Wilson “Don’t just sit there and watch the third strike, at least go down swinging! If you do that again, we’re leaving you won’t even play the rest of the weekend!” We’ve all heard it, seen it, maybe even experienced it – the travel mom or dad standing behind home plate, arms … Read more
I was doing an in-home interview with an athlete and her family a week or so ago and they told me something I very regularly hear and while frustrating for them, it was an easy explanation for a change. The parents as well as the athlete began telling me how they’ve been showcasing with their … Read more
