Documents
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GB Softball Player Code of Conduct
Prior to participating in training or competition, all GB Softball National Team members must read and sign up to this Player Code of Conduct:
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UK Anti-Doping Website Toolkit
This document, created by UK Anti-Doping, explains issues and procedures concerned with the use of doping in sport and in softball and how to avoid it.
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Starting a Softball Team
This document provides ideas and advice on starting a new softball team, learning the rules and basic skills and then joining a league or finding other ways to begin playing games.
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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.