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Fascinating. I never knew women were more prone to these kinds of injuries.
Do a lot of female basketball, volleyball players have this problem with the ACL, there's certainly a lot of jumping in those games.
I won't pretend to be a doctor, to have played one on TV, or to have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night . . . It isn't so much the jumping (though that is stressful on the body), it is the running and quickly stopping or changing direction. Think about the motions players make in basketball, volleyball, and soccer. Get to the ball (or a spot), stop abruptly, change direction sharply and quickly.
Now think about softball. The running is much more linear with slower decelerations. Base runners aren't stopping and turning on a dime, they are running in arcs and rounded patterns. Fielders are typically running through fielding or throwing.
Not saying it doesn't happen in softball, but to a lesser degree than the other sports (I believe). Now, add in the findings that females are more prone to these injuries . . .