In this episode, Krista Swip and Ashley Tobar Sunshine break down why softball and baseball are fundamentally different sports and what it actually costs athletes when those differences get ignored in training.

Beyond the obvious, the conversation covers the physical complexity of underhand pitching, female athlete physiology, the absence of workload culture in softball, and the cultural weight female athletes carry that changes everything about how you develop them. Including why the default response when a female athlete struggles is almost never the right one.

Get your tickets for Pitchstock 2026:
https://pitchstock.drivelinesoftball.com

Follow the Driveline Softball Podcast to stay up to date with new episodes.