The Asheville Citizen-Times is reporting that the NFHS has ruled to change the distance of the softball pitching rubber nationwide beginning in 2011.Added safety and scoring could be the result of a major change coming to North Carolina high school softball as soon as next spring.
The National Federation of State High School Associations has mandated that the pitching rubber be moved back from 40 to 43 feet in 2011. States have the option of doing it in 2010.
The NCHSAA will make a decision later this month and have an announcement at the N.C. Coaches Association Clinic, NCHSAA assistant executive director Carolyn Shannonhouse said Friday.
Shannonhouse said the NCHSAA is leaning towards making the change next season.
