can anyone tell me about softball? rules and things like that?
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like terms and stuff they use ..
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November 29th, 2007 at 1:10 am
It’s a bit too long… click the link
December 1st, 2007 at 11:35 pm
There are about a million rules out there. I am an umpire so i could get out my rule book and recite them all to you but that wouldnt be much help. What i would suggest to you is go to your local library and take out a book on softball. They should have a few to chose from.
December 5th, 2007 at 7:56 am
Softball is a similar type of game to baseball but with a softer ball. The International Softball Federation organises world championships. There are three types - fast pitch, slow pitch and modified pitch. I have attached several links for further information.
December 6th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (28 to 30.5 centimeters) in circumference, is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. Scoring is accomplished by the batter running and touching a series of four markers on the ground called bases. Softball is a direct descendant of baseball, which is sometimes referred to as hardball to distinguish the two, but differs from it in several ways.
There are three general forms of softball: slow pitch, fast pitch, and modified pitch.
* Fast Pitch softball is a very defensive, pitcher-oriented game. The pitcher delivers the ball at maximum speed with a flat arc, making the ball difficult to hit. There are many strikeouts and ground balls, and scores are low. Good pitchers are premium players.
* Slow Pitch softball gives batters more dominance by making it easier for them to hit the ball. There are two types of slow pitch softball, which use different-sized balls. A form using a larger ball, sometimes called Super-slow Pitch was written out of the official rules in 2002 but is still played informally.
* Modified Pitch softball places no restrictions on the speed of pitching; however, the technique must meet certain criteria.
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