Softball By: Justine

HOMEPLATE

You can run through home plate and not be out (same goes for baseball)

1st base

You can also run through 1st base just like home plate

Good catchers are good for 1st base

2nd base

The 2nd base woman needs to be 1 foot away from the base for a fair game

3rd base

The 3rd base woman has to be like 2nd, 1 foot away

Pitchers mound

The mound is flat not like a bump. Baseball’s mound is like a bump. NOT SOFTBALL

Measurments

Kids under 10 : bases are 55ft (16.77 meters)

Home plate and pitchers mound:35ft (10.67 meters)

Edge of the outfield: 150ft (43.77meters)

An adult field : 265ft (80.77meters) Batters box: 7ft long 3ft wide

Innings

There are 7 innings in softball there are 9 in base ball

When you have had a chance to bat and score that is 1 inning

The slides

There are 5 slides: Bent leg (used for young players) Stand up Decoy Hook Head first

Throwing and Catching

Your body should be toward the target you are throwing at when throwing

Over hand throwing goes long distances

Relay throw is also called “hitting the cut off man”

You need to move under a fly ball to catch it

Bat

3 parts of a bat Knob Reach Barrel 3 grips for a bat • Power• Regular • Choke

Softball History

The first game: 1887 Had many names: kittenball, Mushball,

Indoor-Outdoor, Playgroundball, and more

In 1926 it was named softball 1933 was the year a meeting was held

to set the rules

Players

There are 9 players on a team if fewer than that team has to forfiet

Infielders

They defend the area around the bases

Outfielders

These individuals “back up” the infielders

Equipment

The equipment used in softball are: gloves, mits, batting helmets, and catchers protective equpiment

Pitch

The wind up pitch is the most used in the sport

The reasoning

The reason I chose softball is because I love the sport

Questions

Does anyone have any questions?

The end

hope you enjoyed my power point about my nonfiction report, softball