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Softball
This category includes questions about the different softball leagues and information about how to play the game.
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How did the softball look like?
softball used to be played very differently than it is today. For instance the metal, and aluminum bats we are used to were rubber tipped bats and broom handles. Ummm.... the pitching distance was thirty five feet instead of what we are used to a much longer distance, well in some places .the gloves used to be much bigger than they are today and used to button instead of Velcro.
In 1993 this softball association set standard rules?
I think the Amateur Softball Association but don't quote me on that
What is a good softball team name for kids 6 and under wearing green with yellow letters?
Browns Stix Bats Mitts Warriors Cowboys Fudges cougars
it depends on if you are talking about a name for a team or as a nick name. i always though that the "outlaws" would be a good softball team name, or even the "wild ones". as a nick name it would depend on what you were like and what you liked.
Who won the 2012 SEC women Softball Tournament?
The 2013 Big Ten Softball Tournament was held between May 9-12, at the Bowlin Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Wisconsin beat Minnesota 9-3 in the final.
How is it that a softball pitcher can throw day after day?
well if a pitcher just starts off and throws for a long time her arm will be sore, but if she is used to it, she will be okay to through for a decent amount of time and will have to ice her arm.
Who are the most famous Hispanic softball players?
Mary Joe Fernandez, Rosemary Casal, and Lorena Ochoa = tennis
Rebecca Lobo = basketball
Diana Lopez = Tae Kwon Do Olympics 08
Jessica Mendoza, Lisa Fernandez = softball
Dara Torres = swimming
Veronica Charlyn Corral = soccer
Milka Duno = Nascar
Jennifer Rodriguez = speed racing
Brenda Villa = water polo Olympics
Nancy Lopez= golf
What is considered a good run time for high school softball from home to first base?
As a softball player and the league i play in its a very good question. I would say that it would very between 13 and 14 sec. It really determines by how fast you can run, so there is no real answer but i think it is between 13 and 14 sec.
Who invented fastpitch softball?
For more information about who invented softball and softball history, click on the related links below.
The game of softball originated in Chicago on Thanksgiving Day, 1887. A group of about twenty young men had gathered in the gymnasium of the Farragut Boat Club in order to hear the outcome of the Harvard-Yale football game. After Yale's victory was announced and bets were paid off, a man picked up a stray boxing glove and threw it at someone, who hit it with a pole.
George Hancock, usually considered the inventor of softball, shouted, "Let's play ball!" He tied the boxing glove so that it resembled a ball, chalked out a diamond on the floor (smaller dimensions than those of a baseball field in order to fit the gym) and broke off a broom handle to serve as a bat. What proceeded was an odd, smaller version of baseball. That game is now, 111 years later, known as the first softball game. Softball may have seen its death on the day of its birth if Hancock had not been so fascinated by it. In one week, he created an oversized ball and an undersized rubber-tipped bat and went back to the gym to paint permanent white foul lines on the floor. After he wrote new rules and named the sport indoor baseball, a more organized, yet still new, game was played. Its popularity was immediate.
Hancock's original game of indoor baseball quickly caught on in popularity, becoming international with the formation of a league in Toronto. That year, 1897, was also the premiere publication of the Indoor Baseball Guide. This was the first nationally distributed publication on the new game and it lasted a decade.
In the spring of 1888, Hancock's game moved outdoors. It was played on a small diamond and called indoor-outdoor. Due to the sport's mass appeal, Hancock published his first set of indoor-outdoor rules in 1889.
While Chicago was definitely softball's birthplace, the game saw some modification in Minneapolis. The year was 1895 when Lewis Rober, Sr., (a fire department officer) needed an activity to keep his men occupied and in shape during their free time. He created his game to fit the confines of a vacant lot next to the firehouse and the result was instantly appealing. Surprisingly, Rober was probably not familiar with Hancock's version of the sport because it was still concentrated in Chicago at that time. The following year, 1896, Rober was moved to a new unit with a new team to manage. In honor of this group's name, the Kittens, the game was termed Kitten League Ball in 1900. The name was later shortened to kitten ball.
In order to reach the Olympics, the women's sport of softball obviously had to grow greatly from its beginnings. The first women's softball team was formed in 1895 at Chicago's West Division High School. They did not obtain a coach for competitive play until 1899 and it was difficult to create interest among fans. However, only five years later, more attention was given to the women's game. The Spalding Indoor Baseball Guide 1904 issue fueled this attention by devoting a large section of the guide to the game of women's softball.
The Chicago National Tournament in 1933 also advanced the sport. At this competition, the male and female champions were honored equally. The International Softball World Championships in 1965 developed women's softball by making it an international game, a step towards the Pan-American Games and the Olympics. Eleven years later, women softball players were given the closest equivalent to Major League Baseball with the 1976 formation of the International Women's Professional Softball League. Player contracts ranged from $1,000 to $3,000 per year, but the league disbanded in 1980 because of financial ruin. Vicki Schneider, a St. Louis Softball Hall of Famer and former professional player, recalls this league as being the high point of her career (Schneider).
When did girls start playing softball?
The first women's softball team was formed in 1895 at Chicago's West Division High School. They did not obtain a coach for competitive play until 1899. But in 1904, the Spalding Indoor Baseball Guide devoted a large section of the guide to the game of women's softball (presumably to reach a new demographic for its equipment) and the women's game began to grow.
If it is not forced out what must happen to a base runner to be called out in softball?
Not sure about all six, but the batter can be out if (s)he bunts foul on strike two (this is actually a strikeout), steps on the plate while bunting the ball, steps on the plate while hitting the ball, hits the ball when it is determined that the batter is out of the batter's box, touches the ball in fair territory with the body while out of the batters box, is hit by a throw to first from behind if not running in the outlined base running area between home and first, is hit by a pitch that is in the strike zone if (s)he intentionally positions a part of the body in a way that results in the ball hitting him/her.
Soft balls may appear to be hard, as do cricket, golf and baseballs. In actual fact they only feel hard to the touch, but each ball has a certain amount of elasticity. A tennis ball has a lot of elasticity and when stuck by the racket the desire for the ball to return to its original shape is very slow, therefore will only travel a short distance. A Soft ball has even less elasticity allowing it to return to its original shape even faster. Now a much harder ball will return to its original shape much quicker, therefore enabling it to travel a further distance.
All balls are designed to get the most efficiency from them according to their use.
What is softball leather made of?
Cow hide leather i know its weird cause there called pig skins
actually In the past, crude balls made of materials such as inflated pig bladders were used. Modern balls are designed by teams of engineers to exacting specifications. Various leagues and games use different balls.
What are good girl softball team names?
bad news babes
rug rats
ding-a-lings
dingers
hot shots
red hot chili peppers
beach babes
diamonds
royal princesses (i would recomend for a younger team)
How is science used in softball?
in softball we use gravity. it is a matter of time before the ball hits the ground which has to do with gravity. same thing when u throw it. if u throw to weakly, it might hit the ground before the person ur throwing to gets it! that is how science is used in softball
If a batter hits a pitch that was thrown into the dirt and gets on base is that considered a hit?
Yes it is a hit. If the ball bounces off a car three miles away and come back in the strike zone the batter can hit it. If he doesn't it is a strike. As long as it gets to the batter it is playable unless it hits the batter.
AnswerOfficial baseball rules, definitions of terms section 2.00: A ball is a pitch which does not enter the strike zone in flight and is not struck at by the batter. If the pitch touches the ground and bounces through the strike zone it is a "ball." If such a pitch touches the batter, he shall be awarded first base. If the batter hits such a pitch, the ensuing action shall be the same as if he hit the ball in flight.That first answer is so far off base it isn't even funny -- as soon as it hits the dirt it can only be a strike if the batter swings -- this isn't crickett
In what country did softball originate?
The first softball game was played on Thanksgiving Day in 1887. They players played inside of a gym at Farragut Boat club, located in Chicago, IL. The believed inventor of softball is George Hancock.
If bases are loaded and the batter is tagged out is there still a force out on the other runners?
No.
But this rule does not come into effect until AFTER the force out at first base occurs.
In other words, until that force out at first happens, the runner who was on first must advance. But AFTER the force out occurs, the runner who was on first need not do so.
If a first baseman steps on first and then immediately fires to second base, the person covering second base must tag out the runner coming towards second base.
I've seen twenty-year veterans of MLB forget this -- they take the throw from the first baseman after a force out at first base, step on second base, and then walk away without tagging the runner.
How far is it from home plate to the pitchers mound in girls softball?
it depends on what grade you are in. at my grade level, which is 7th and 8th, it is forty feet away, i think.
Softball mound from home plate depends on how old you are. 10u is 35ft, 12u and 14u is 40ft. The rest is 43ft in high school, collage, 16u, and so on.
No. Once a batted ball strikes a baserunner the ruling is a dead ball. In this instance, if the runner is in fair territory, they player struck by the ball is out, and the batter is credited with a single --- if the runner is in foul territory and struck this is a foul ball. Same would apply with hitting the batting coach
you cant play softball if you cant catch a ball.
I've met girls who are scared of the ball yet they
want to play short stop where everything is
practically hit.---kind of glad they quit playing...
i didnt want to see a girl petrified of the ball was
gonna be hit to her, my final year of high school softball.
catching as a catcher.
is fun yet alot of work. you have to frame the ball.
block it if it goes down. picking off runners on the bases
keep an eye check on the runners and keep your pitcher in
stat-[ that means keep the mind in the game, and not wondering
about...keeping pitchers in check. with their inside, outside, high,
low or even wild pitches. and hitting batters.]
its fun because you can beat the crap outta the runner trying to take home
....well only when you have the ball.
you have to have a mental toughness to take in if the faults of the
blocked balls get passed and that causes the runner to go stealing.
...honestly i catching is the hardest job an athlete can have...
you have to see a ball going at 70 mph and catch it and frame it
so it is seen as a strike.
final point: when i played catcher...i loved it; alot of work and
alot of pain taken in. blocking that runner trying to steal home...
the fun times...i miss it sometimes. but now that I'm playing
center field...i keep on missing catching less.
Who plays with an 11 softball?
Well many young girls start playing t-ball with boys. however as they move up to six and under there is coach pitch softball. Eight and under they can start to pitch themselves, then comes 10 and under, then 12, then 14, then 16, then up to 18. However many girls play on tournament team that go around the state, area, region, or nation. These girls are often the ones that play for their high school teams and can sometimes pick up scholarships to small community or junior colleges all the way up to major division 1 colleges. The best from college go on to play in a major league setting and hopefully play for team U.S.A., that is until it was taken out of the olympics.
How many innnings is there in an official softball game?
A normal softball game in the NCAA is seven innings. In order to meet the requirements for an official NCAA softball game, the game must finish five full innings if it has been stopped due to rain. This means that both the home and away teams must be both at bat and on the field five times. Another way for the game to become official is for the home team to be ahead by eight runs after five innings have been played.
