The Knoxville Explosion Fastpitch Softball Club is currently comprised of 10 teams (Explosion Select, '06/'07, 2025, '08, '09, '11 - Banks, '11 - Cooper, '11 Prime, '13 and '14) that have a total of 165 very special players.  Players are not only selected based upon skill but also character and desire.  Our organization is committed to improving the skills of these special players to not only develop them into the best fastpitch softball players that they can be, but also the best students, friends and reliable, honorable young ladies. Our goal is simple, develop the player to make a meaningful contribution to their schools, communities and future endeavors at the earliest possible opportunity.  We only utilize non-paid, volunteer coaches whose interest is only improving our players, not profiting from their desire to play.  We offer a highly competitive field of tournament play while minimizing the team fees to make it affordable to play quality travel softball.  If you are interested in joining our organization, we invite you to observe our practices and games to see what we teach and how we interact with the players. Tryouts are held in early August each year for the respective teams. If you have any questions regarding one of our teams, please call the Head Coach listed in the important numbers section on the right information section of our website. God Bless and Be Safe!

Joe Birchfield

Knoxville Explosion Fastpitch Organization Chief

(865) 363-0728

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The Knoxville Explosion Fastpitch Softball Organization is committed to developing player excellence on and off the field.  This is accomplished by selecting coaches who volunteer 100% of their time to teach the players the proper fundamentals of the game that include hitting, pitching, fielding and base running.  Each coach has passed a rigorous National Center for Safety Initiatives (NCSI) background investigation and are a certified Double Goal Coach through the Nationally-recognized Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) Organization.  Our organization has developed a written program and player fundamentals development road map that ensure the fundamentals of the game are properly taught.  Key concepts are reinforced using state of the art training equipment, computer software and trained coaches that seek to identify and raise awareness of the player to correct flaws in their own fundamentals.  In addition, our players will be taught the proper way to conduct themselves on and off the field.  This will be demonstrated by our coaching staffs.  Knoxville Explosion Players are expected to honor and respect their coaches, parents, teammates, opponents and umpires.  Our players are also expected to achieve academic excellence in school courses and to place emphasis on their studies.  We recognize that our players are also students and without achieving the proper grades, our players will not be allowed to compete at the next level.  Our coaches are committed to teaching our players the rules of the game and more importantly, how to succeed and have fun!  A key component of this commitment is to teach our players the strategy and mental aspects of the game.  It is through this commitment to the fundamentals that our coaches and players will honor the game of fastpitch softball.

 Joe Birchfield, Head Coach Knoxville Explosion Fastpitch Organization Chief

Boom! Congratulations to the 2025 Knoxville Explosion as they finished as the 18u Runner-up in the Gold Division of the USA Mid-Summer Classic held at Knox County Sports Park on 7-24-22! The 2025 Explosion lost in the championship game to the '07 Pro Concepts Team 6-4. After falling behind 6-0, the 2025 Explosion clawed their way back but the heat and time ended their rally. Great job Pro Concepts and 2025 Explosion, we are very proud of your efforts!

Boom! Congratulations to the '06/'07 Knoxville Explosion who finished as the 18u USA Silver Mid-Summer Classic Champions on 7-24-22 at Knox County Sports Park! The Explosion beat the American Thunder 6-0 in the Championship Game. Great job ladies, we are very proud of your efforts!

Atomic Boom! Congratulations to the 2025 Knoxville Explosion who played in the USA East Coast Nationals and placed a very strong Runner-up in the 16u Bronze Bracket! The tournament field featured a total of 24 teams and the 2025 ended up playing a total of 9 games enroute to a 2-0 loss in the Championship Game to the 2024 Georgia Thunderbolts! For championship day, the 2025 Pitchers were outstanding allowing a total of 5 runs in 5 games. Absolutely outstanding work ladies, we are very proud of you Thunderbolts and 2025 Explosion!

Boom! Congratulations to the 2011 Explosion - Banks who played up and finished a strong 2nd place runner-up in the 12u Division of the NSA Tennessee State Championship Silver Division. Way to go ladies, especially since you were playing all 2009 players, great job, we are very proud of your efforts!

Boom! Congratulations to the 2011 Explosion Prime who were the River City Invitational World Series 10u Champions held in Soddy Daisy, Tn! The tournament ran from 7/2/22-7/4/22 and had a total of 5 teams. The 2011 Explosion Prime beat the Lady Warriors 2-1 in championship. Great job Warriors and 2011 Explosion Prime, we are very proud of your efforts!

Atomic Boom! Congratulations to the 2022 Knoxville Explosion who finished as the 18u Runner-up in the USGF World Series held in Nashville, TN on 7-9-22! The 2022 Explosion lost to the Murfreesboro Xtreme Elite 1-0 in the championship game. Great job Elite and Explosion, we are very proud of your efforts!