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Date Player Team April 5, 2022: Samantha Show [15]: USSSA Pride April 7, 2022: Amber Fiser [16]: SmashIt Sports Vipers April 8, 2022: Delaney Spaulding [17]: USSSA Pride
WPF announced the addition of Oklahoma City Spark as an expansion team for 2023. [1] Seminole State College softball head coach Amber Flores will be their coach. [2] On November 7 the Spark announced their home games would be played at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium.
The USSSA Pride is a professional softball team based in Viera, Florida and a former member of Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF). Founded in 2009, they previously played in National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) from 2009 to 2019.
However, in 1998, USSSA rebranded the name to United States Specialty Sports Association, because it expanded into other sports, including youth girls fastpitch, boys baseball, youth basketball, martial arts and more. USSSA governs 13 sports across the US, Puerto Rico, various US Military bases and Canada, and has a membership of over 3.7 million.
Former Women's Professional Fastpitch teams Team Location Venue First Last Status Smash it Sports Vipers: Oxford, Alabama: Choccolocco Park: 2022: 2023: On hiatus [13] USSSA Pride: Viera, Florida: USSSA Space Coast Complex: 2022: 2023: On hiatus [14] Oklahoma City Spark: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium
As of its 2025 season, the minimum salary for a player is $60,000, with the league offering each player "benefits" worth $10,000, and an undisclosed amount of revenue sharing with their respective teams. [25] [26] Two players on each team are also paid an additional $40,000 to serve as the team's ambassadors. [27]
Today, there are 5 National Pro Fastpitch teams: the Aussie Peppers, the California Commotion, the Chicago Bandits, the Cleveland Comets, and the Canadian Wild. [2] Each team has about 20 players on roster. The league's main goal is to provide entertainment and to secure fast-pitch as a professional sports for decades to come.
The pitching style of fastpitch is different from that of slowpitch softball. Pitchers in fast-pitch softball usually throw the ball using a "windmill" type of movement. In this style of pitching, the pitcher begins with the arm at the hip. A common way to be taught how to pitch is using the motions, 'repel', 'rock', 'kick', 'drag', 'toss'.