Documents
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Fastpitch and Slowpitch Softball: What are the Differences?
This document introduces the two main softball formats, fastpitch and slowpitch, and describes how they differ from each other.
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Developing Your Softball Team or Club
This document is designed to help a new softball team grow and remain viable over time through acquiring a structure, a committee, a Constitution, a bank account and other elements that sound boring but are at the heart of any successful sports club.
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British Softball Federation Lightning Advice and Policy
This document sets out British Softball Federation policy that teams and players must follow in the event of lightning.
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Basic Rules of Softball and Baseball
This document provides a beginners' summary of the basic rules for playing slowpitch softball, fastpitch softball or baseball.
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Field Dimensions for Women’s Fastpitch Softball
This page sets out field dimensions for women's fastpitch softball.
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Field Dimensions for Slowpitch Softball
This page sets out current field dimensions for adult and youth slowpitch softball.
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Participating in Softball While Pregnant
This document presents research carried out by the BSF on the issues involved in women playing softball while pregnant, and concludes with some general advice for leagues, teams and players.
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BSF Guide to Indoor Softball
This document provides a basic guide to the structure and rules of Indoor Softball as played in the UK, though rules are often adapted to specific venues.
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BSF Disciplinary Policy
This policy and procedure is designed to help British Softball Federation managers and employees deal with disciplinary situations at work that occur through misconduct.
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BSF Capability Policy
This document sets out the British Softball Federation's policy for maintaining appropriate standards of conduct and performance in a consistent and fair manner.