Softball Guide: Pitching Tips, ASA Rules and Tryout Drills

Softball pitching tips for slowpitch and fastpitch focus on wrist flick and windmill techniques. Understanding the latest ASA rules on obstruction and substitutions is critical for competitive league play.

Why Does Your Elbow Hurt After Throwing a Softball?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Michelle Wishhart

Few things ruin the satisfaction of a good pitch than throbbing pain in your pitching arm. Repeatedly throwing a softball in the same manner can gradually cause an overuse injury in the elbow, the joint where the humerus bone of the upper arm connects with the radius and ulna bones of the forearm.

Michelle Wishhart is a writer based in Portland, Ore. She has been writing professionally since 2005, starting with her position as a staff arts writer for City on a Hill Press, an alternative weekly newspaper in Santa Cruz, Calif. An avid gardener, Wishhart worked as a Wholesale Nursery Grower at Encinal Nursery for two years. Wishhart holds a Bachelor of Arts in fine arts and English literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz.