Softballs are comprised of two parts, including a core and a covering. The material used for covering is composed of synthetic, composite or natural leather, which is commonly dyed yellow to help with visibility. The leather is stitched around the ball with red thread made of either linen or cotton.

In baseball, the ball is pitched from an elevated mound that is 60-feet away from the plate. In softball, the ball is pitched from a flat pitching circle that is no more than 43 feet away from the plate. In softball, the ball has to be thrown underhand. In baseball, the pitch is almost always done overhand or sidearm.

Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball (11 to 16 in. The name “softball” was given to the game in 1926 because the ball used to be soft; however, in modern-day usage, the balls are hard. A tournament held in 1933 at the Chicago World’s Fair spurred interest in the game.

The distance between the pitching mound and home plate is smaller, too. So not only do women work with a smaller field, they use the oversized ball as well. The reasoning behind both items is that women have smaller hands and don’t have the power necessary to throw the ball as efficiently on a baseball-sized field.

Re: What is the most dangerous position on the field?

• Batters and pitchers had the highest absolute number of injuries due to impact with a batted ball in games.
• A total of 22% of the total game injuries to pitchers occurred from batted balls, and about one third of game injuries to third basemen involved batted balls.

Little League (Major Division) The Little League Softball® division (sometimes known as the Major Division) is for players ages 9-12. A local league may choose to limit its Major Division to 10-, 11- and 12-year-olds, or 11-12-year-olds. The field uses a 60-foot diamond and a 40 foot pitching distance.

You are never too old to learn something new. Softball is an amazing sport and if you are anything like me, you will enjoy it greatly. I started playing when I was 9, later than some of my teammates. However, skill level evens out, and basically just depends on how hard you work and practice.

However, it is scientifically proven that softball is harder than baseball. The speed of pitches, the reaction time for hitters and fielders, and the distance of the field indicates that softball is indeed harder than baseball.

The bases remain at 60 feet but the ball gets bigger, the pitcher’s plate moves back to 40 feet, and the other girls, especially the 12 and 13 year olds, rapidly become much better players. The first important aspect involves the age of the girls. Like all age groups, 12U can span an almost 3 year interval.

Average softball pitching speed by age

Below is a breakdown of age eligibility for the 2021 season….Age Eligibility According to Birth Year for the 2021 Season (which begins August 1, 2020)

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What is the easiest position in softball? Right field, because young players don’t hit the ball very far in the air, and because 80% of athletes are right handed, fewer hard-hit fly balls will go to the opposite field (right field for a right-handed hitter).

• R – Runs scored: number of times a player crosses home plate. • RC – Runs created: statistic that attempts to measure how many. runs a player has contributed to his team.

DP typically stands for Designated Player. You can think of it as similar to a Designated Hitter in Baseball, but here’s the difference; a designated hitter in baseball can hit in place of another player already in position, but a designated hitter cannot play defense.

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A team using the DP starts the game with 10 players on the lineup card, but could end the game with 9 or 10. 9. When the FLEX player bats for the DP, the FLEX player bats in position of the original DP. The DP is considered to have left the game, but the FLEX player has not.

A pinch hitter is a batter used as a substitute for another batter. A pinch hitter only comes into the game when the batter whose turn he is taking is due to bat. At that time, he is “announced into the game”; the batter which he replaced is out of the game for good.

To start, here are some important rules to know that differ from MLB baseball rules: NCAA softball uses a designated hitter that can substitute for any position player in the lineup. Softball refers to that player as a ‘Designated Player. Cal tends to have their designated player bat in place of their catcher.

a play executed when there is a runner on third base and usually not more than one out, in which the runner starts for home as soon as the pitcher makes a motion to pitch, and the batter bunts. Also called safety squeeze, safety squeeze play.

Top-10 Pinch Hitters in MLB History

• 8) Merv Rettenmund.
• 7) Willie McCovey.
• 6) Matt Stairs.
• 5) Jerry Lynch.
• 4) Manny Mota.
• 3) Smokey Burgess.
• 2) Cliff Johnson.
• 1) Lenny Harris.

in mid-15c., perhaps meaning “fold or pleat of fabric.” The baseball pinch-hitter “batter substituted for another, especially at a critical point in the game” is attested by that name from 1912.

pinch hitter. A substitute for another person, especially in an emergency. For example, Pat expected her mother to help with the baby, but just in case, she lined up her mother-in-law as pinch hitter.

Rule 7.14 references the “special pinch-runner.” The rule states: That once each inning, a team may utilize a player who is not in the batting order as a special pinch-runner for any offensive player. A player may be removed for a special pinch-runner one time per game.

A pinch runner is a baseball player substituted for the specific purpose of replacing a player on base. The courtesy runner could leave the game and re-enter later, or could be a player already in the game playing a different position. The player who had to leave the game was free to return to play.

Pinch hitters are typically inserted into the game to replace weaker batters such as pitchers at home plate. Unlike pinch hitters, pinch runners do not need to be strong batters. In layman’s terms, pinch hitters need to be strong batters first and fast runners second.

The new rule does not prohibit pitchers from faking a throw to second if a runner is there. And, of course, pitchers can still do whatever they please if they step off the back of the rubber. But the fake-to-third move was always perfectly legal until now, no matter what people believed.

A quick pitch is an illegal pitch. Umpires will judge a quick pitch as one delivered before the batter is reasonably set in the batter’s box. With runners on base the penalty is a balk; with no runners on base, it is a ball. The quick pitch is dangerous and should not be permitted.

The same is true here for lefties – if a lefthanded pitcher steps back off the rubber and then fakes a throw to first, it’s perfectly legal.

A runner may not run out of a direct line to the plate in order to initiate contact with the catcher, or any player, covering the plate. Runners are not required to slide, and catchers in possession of the ball are allowed to block the plate.