re: Do college softball players do any conditioning at all?

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because some of the softballs i've seen have dimples and not seams.

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That is because you NOTHING about fastpitch. Slow pitch uses balls with lower seams that a fastpitch softball so pitchers can create movement. The only dimmpled softballs I have used or seen was our practice balls.

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You ignored the fact the little league players pitch from a mound ~45 ft away and throw the equivalent of 90+ mph pitches. Could they, too, hit a college/MLB pitchers since the pitches have movement and are coming in comparably fast?

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Little league baseball pitchers, just like 14U softball pitchers don't have the command and pitches than that of college baseball/MLB pitchers and college fastpitch pitchers. Not sure wth you are talking about comparing a little league pitcher to a college pitcher??

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Do softballs move as much as baseball do? Not do they move at all, do they move as much? The average spin rate for a baseball pitcher throwing 92 mph is 2200 rpm. The average spin rate for a softball pitcher is 1200 rpm. Not sure how you're going to reconcile that argument but I welcome you to try.

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Sure it can spin more, but how do you reconcile that a baseball has gravity helping the pitch, whereas fastpitch pitchers don't have a mound?

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Is it easier to hit a ball with a circumfrence of 12.13 inches or a ball with a circumfrence of 9 inches?

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Fastpitch softballs "circumference" is 12"

Bat weight is based on the player. Are you forgetting that men have stronger upper body strength? Why shouldn't they swing a heavier bat?
And my daughter hasn't used a 28 oz bat since 14U! 31.2 oz is the average weight of fastpitch bats for women over 16!

It you read the article I posted you would understand that