Olympics Softball

The distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate is 60.5 feet. If the ball would be released exactly from the pitcher's mound, it would take approximately 0.43 seconds. But, if you don't want to count that last part of the windup which takes place from the pitcher's mound until the ball is released from the hand, assuming that that distance is about 5 ft, then it takes approximately 0.4 seconds to reach home plate.

Softball became an Olympic medal event in 1996. In 2005, the International Olympic Committee voted to drop both Softball and Baseball from the Summer Olympic Games of 2012. Both may reapply for 2016 consideration.

Jennie finch is the pitcher so she does not hit.

It all depends on where you go, what level, and what kind of shape the program was in that you've inherited. Depending on how successful the school has been in this sport they may put more money up to continue the winning tradition. At a DIII job or a NAIA job I would say around what a professor makes and then a little extra depending on the booster clubs. Once you get into DI (division 1) that's where the money greatly varies. I know the Baylor coach was getting paid somewhere around $90,000 from the school and not counting anything else from the booster clubs, but his salary has greatly increased ever since his success of bringing them deep into the tournament. I'd Google different divisions and find their averages.

Softball has been played since 1887. On Thanksgiving day the first game of softball was played inside a gym at the Farragut Boat Club. The inventor of softball is believed to be George Hancock.

David Borg is the highest paid NCAA softball coach.

You usually need one from each team if you have real umpires but I would carry a few extras just in case one gets messed up, or flies out of the park. If you are just playing a game just for fun, you really only need one! :)

There are retired and new players so go to usasoftball.com and click womens fastpitch and then click roster and you will have there names.

many of them

There will be 300 events in 26 sports at the 2012 Olympics.

Softball made its Olympic premiere at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. It was the first of only four Olympic games featuring softball. The United States won gold, with China placing second and Australia third.

On average most high school teams will run from home to first in 3.25 seconds. A good time would be three flat and anything below. Olympian and All-American Shortstop Natasha Watley runs a 2.75 and she's about the fastest there is.

The definition of "Catch" in MLB Rule 2.00 includes this comment: "A fielder may reach over a fence, railing, rope or other line of demarcation to make a catch. He may jump on top of a railing, or canvas that may be in foul ground."

It would seem he could climb up a fence, but not over it.

No. For 12 years (since 1996) softball was part of the olympics, but 2008 was the last year it was. It has been removed from the olympic games, and will not be a part of the 2012 London games.

Softball is not in the Olympics coming up do to lack of supporters of the sport. It was in the last Olympics but not 2012.

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Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States has won the most gold medals with 14.

Four athletes have won nine gold medals in the Summer Olympics and are tied for second. They are gymnist Larissa Latynina of the Soviet Union, swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States, runner Paavo Nurmi of Finland, and runner/long jumper Carl Lewis of the United States.

I really don't know, but it use to be in the Summer Olympics.

Come on man I'm only 13 years old!!

Japan won the last Olympic softball event. That was the only time the USA did not win the gold medal.

Both Volleyball and Softball are closed compounds

You don't need to know how to play softball to run in the Olympics. If you're asking about being a pinch runner then you're out of luck because they no longer have softball in the Olympics.

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Tennis was dropped after the 1924 Olympics mainly because the adminstrators could not agree on the issue of defining what an amateur was and what a professional was. Back in those days on amateurs were allowed to participate in the Olympics. Tennis returned as a medal sport in the Olympics at the 1988 Games in Seoul.

Since baseball became an Olympic sport in the 1992 Olympics, Cuba has won three gold medals and the United States has won one.

In Pony League, the distance from the rubber to the back of home plate is 54 feet. In Little League it is 46 feet and in high school (as well as college & pro) it is 60' 6".