News (Coaching)
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HPA launches second season at Bisham Abbey
24 November 2014
BSUK's High Performance Academy (HPA) launched its second winter programme on Sunday 2 November at the National Sports Centre in Bisham Abbey. Parents and athletes from across Great Britain attended a number of sessions based around the theme of what it takes to become an elite athlete.
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GB Under-16s to hold Open Day on 27 September
13 September 2014
The GB Under-16 Girls' Fastpitch Team will be holding a Fastpitch Softball Fitness and Skills Training Day on 27 September from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm at Farnham Park near Slough.
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GB Women player helps softball in the UK
13 June 2014
GB Women's Team player Tahli Moore has joined BSUK's coaching staff for the summer, and will be based in London, working on a range of activities to grow participation in softball.
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Softball HPA members to learn at World Championships
28 May 2014
Five players who were members this year of the first Softball High Performance Academy (HPA) will spend several days at the ISF Women's World Championships in the Netherlands this summer as an extension of the Academy's learning programme.
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Dutch stars at High Performance Academy
10 April 2014
Two world-class players from the Dutch Women's Fastpitch Team, catcher Nathalie Timmermans and third base player Virginie Anneveld, will bring their skills and inspiration to the final two sessions of BSUK's Softball High Performance Academy this month.
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New softball club starting in Dorset
8 April 2014
Free softball coaching sessions will be held on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Dorset beginning the week after Easter as part of an attempt to get a new softball club off the ground in the area.
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BSF coaching scheme announced for 2014
19 March 2014
The BSF has once again asked GB Slowpitch Team Manager Sara Vertigan to assemble a team of coaches from the GB squad to help B-grade and C-grade teams seeking to 'up their game' in 2014.
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The first competitive game of 2014?
18 March 2014
Could this have been the first competitive outdoor softball game of the 2014 season? On Thursday 30 January, a team from the Swindon Softball League took on trainee officers from the Defence Academy in Shrivenham in temperatures of 2 degrees C, and the Swindon team eventually won by 31-10.
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A real batting cage comes to Manchester
10 March 2014
The Manchester Outlaws Softball Club, which has three teams at different levels in the Manchester Softball League, has brought a proper commercial pitching machine to the North West and built a batting cage to go around it at the Hough End Social Club ground at Chorlton.
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Six new members join the BSF Hall of Fame
23 February 2014
Six new members were inducted into the British Softball Federation Hall of Fame at the 2014 BSF AGM in Manchester on 22 February: three players, a coach and two administrators, bringing the total membership of the Hall of Fame to 41.