Safety

Unmarked Detour: Unprepared Despite Multiple Concussion History

Although her daughter Heidi had suffered multiple concussions in the past (one in second grade during recreational skating, the second more serious concussion in a collision with a softball teammate in ninth grade), and despite thinking she was "concussion savvy," Dorothy Bedford says that, three to four weeks afer Heidi suffered a third concussion warming up for an ice hockey game during her sophomore year in high school, she was unprepared for the "mysterious journey" that lay ahead for both of them.

For Dorothy Bedford's series, "The Unmarked Detour: A Family's Journey Through Post-Concussion Syndrome", click here.

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Softball Pitchers: Injury Prevention Strategies

As is true in most sports these days, softball pitchers are training - or over-training - more than ever, and more and more are playing the sports all year long without a break.  Softball teams may carry only a couple of pitchers, which sometimes results in a pitcher throwing over 1,000 pitches during a weekend tournament!  While there hasn't been an epidemic of rotator cuff injuries, other problems to the shoulder and elbow have surfaced with increased play.
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Concussion Rates in High School Sports Vary By Sport and Gender

Concussion rates in thirteen high school sports from 1998 to 2008, as reported in three separate studies, vary widely by sport and, in some cases, by gender.
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Softball: NFHS 2004 Softball Bat Rules

ASA has adopted a new bat performance standard, effective January 1, 2004. This change has been made in light of recent scientific developments.

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