This guide, produced by the Division for Girls and Women's Sports (DGWS), is a collection of rules, guidelines, and essays by various authors on the subject of women's softball. The document is divided into four sections. The first section is on the DGWS and contains statements of beliefs and standards and membership listings for various councils and committees. Section 2 is devoted to the articles. Among the topics covered in this section are softball audiovisual aids, softball pitching tests, batting analysis, formative evaluation measures, and instructional methods for different softball skills. There is also an annotated softball bibliography. Section 3 is on the Officiating Services Area, which is an area in the DGWS structure devoted to the training and rating of officials. This section includes standards, committee memberships, information sources, and instructions on how to form a board of officials. Section 4 is devoted to the official rules of softball. (JA)