SOFTBALL MASK

Safety comes first?
Should first, third, and pitcher
wear protective softball masks?

Should a college or high school softball player wear a protective mask on the field?

No, argue many involved in the sport. It telegraphs fear, they claim. They also insist it may seriously block the field of vision.

Yes, says Kentucky! The state's High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) recently recommended “that players at first base, third base and pitcher utilize the permissive requirement in the playing rules and wear face/head protection.”

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“I don’t like (face masks). I think they’re cumbersome. I tell my (SDSU) girls who wear them, ‘come on, toughen up’.” – Stacey Nuveman, San Diego State University assistant softball coach (CLICK HERE for the source of this quote.)

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The Kentucky association has even proposed their wording requiring masks be added to the national playing rules, but so far such an amendment for the game has been rejected.

The rate of overall softball injuries in a season is 1.46 per 1,000 players.

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