For ages people have long debated the difficulties of softball and baseball. They try to compare the two sports as the female and male respondents to each other. Softball is usually seen as seen as the sport young girls play that don’t want to dance. When people hear baseball, they automatically think of major league players who make millions and never make an error. Although softball and baseball are similar in style and play, softball is more of a challenge to succeed in. Softball and baseball each have advantages and disadvantages when it comes to the size of the field. From the plate to home in softball it is sixty feet and in baseball it is ninety feet. With the softball field being smaller, the fielders are closer together than in baseball. This means that as a batter it 's harder to get a hit by the fielders and get an infield hit. Bunting is also incredibly difficult to do in softball. Dropping the bunt down, and taking off, well most of the time the catcher will be there if not the corner infielder in a split second. That being said some of the fastest people get thrown out most of the time. Carly, who can run to first in under 3 seconds, percentage of successful bunt attempts was around fifty. That also means the fielding gave up a free base to someone fifty percent of the time because they were just too slow. Bunting with Carly on base benefits the hitting team because she can move around to third, but it 's a danger to the fielders. With baseball’s bases being
Hitting a baseball is the toughest thing to do in sports. Playing in the field is extremely difficult. It is tough to get drafted or even play. Baseball is the most difficult sport. “It is a round ball and a round bat and you have to hit it square.”
In softball having a growth mindset is crucial. Mindset is simply a person’s attitude towards something. You can either have a growth mindset or a fixed mindset. Growth mindset means that you are in control of your own ability, and can learn and improve (The Importance of Mindset). Fixed mindset means you believe you will never be able to accomplish that certain task.
Throughout history itself the game of softball has evolved in several aspects. Just like society today the game changed to meet the new needs of its participants and spectators. Due to the changes that were being made new rules, dimensions, and regulations were constantly being added or revised. The main problem that the league faced was its dimensions and way of playing. For starters, in 1943 the mound was only 40 feet away.
Towards the beginning of the movie, the scout for this league was willing to pass up a player who is considered unattractive, even though she continuously was killing the ball in batting practice because he was told to find girls talent and looks were equal. Another argument supporting the existence of sexism in this All-American girls’ team was that the players were considered more seriously as princesses rather than as serious baseball players. In the movie, you can hear the announcer of the game comment, “After the first month of league play, the shine still isn’t off these “diamond” gals.” Also, in a commercial made for the league players, the audio was saying how getting a triple is still no reason to let your nose get
The first reason softball is harder than baseball is because of hitting. Most college softball pitchers pitch the ball up to 70 mph from 37 feet away, from that distance it takes the ball 0.35 seconds to cross the plate. Most MLB pitchers reach speeds of 100 mph from 60 feet away, from there it takes the baseball 0.38 seconds to cross the plate. The decision time for the batter in softball is only .025 seconds which is 55% less time than an MLB player. In baseball
Most girls like football players better than baseball. The reason for that is because football is more of a physical sport and you have to be tough. Baseball is a wimpy sport. I played baseball in 5th and 6th grade and I didn’t really care for it. Mr. Hartley was a great coach
There isn’t a huge difference between softball and baseball other than a couple rules and the gender playing the sport. People who don’t go outside as much most likely suffer from illness. Some people can’t go outside because they have certain illnesses that won’t let them. Some people just chose not to go outside and that isn’t very healthy. Kids these days usually have an excuse such as playing video games or saying they have nothing to do outside.
At first you might not think you’re good but you can get better. That was my reasoning on why you should play softball. Along with some facts about the sport. A lot of girls play the sport and I hope that you will too.
+ How Softball Helped Me I started playing softball when I was in eighth grade in an outside league team in Arvin made, I always found baseball interesting and wanted to play, but my parents would not let me because it was a boys sport, and I would cry a river every time they said no because I really wanted to play .When I heard there were going to have softball conditioning and tryouts and a new team named Arvin which was, where I lived. I was so happy and wanted to join right away I told my parents and they agreed to let me try out it was like a dream come and the best day of my life and I told my parents I was going to try so hard to make the team.
“Play for the name on the front of jersey, not the back.” A popular quote for sports players. What does it mean? Anyone who’s seen any sports game with a team uniform would know that the team name is located on the top of the front side of the jersey and the player’s last name goes on the top of the backside of the jersey. So, the quote means play for your team and not for yourself.
Baseball is considered by many to be America’s favorite pastime. Softball in many aspects is similar to baseball but in reality it is harder to play. This can be shown in all aspects of the game from hitting to pitching to fielding to catching. One major aspect where the difference is obvious is hitting. It has been scientifically proven that a 95 mph fastball generates 2411 lbs of force as it crosses the plate and a softball thrown at 65mph generates even more according to youtube.com.
Over the years I’ve gotten stronger, faster, and overall better at softball. Four years into it and I have some great and some painful stories. I’ve learned many things about softball, but one that has stuck out to me and that also applies to life is that it can be fun.
We then watch carefully the opposing team’s pitcher as she warms up. As a lead off hitter, it is my job to do anything possible to get on base. By working the count I am frisking with the pitcher to get into her head. I then get exactly what I want, a pitch that could change the outcome of the entire game. Once I take a swing at the perfect pitch you can hear the crack of the bat forcefully pushing the ball to get a base hit.
A softball field is very simple. It has this red tinted dirt, fresh cut green grass, 4 white bases, freshly white chalked lines, and a group of girls that love the game. The softball field is so simple, but yet so beautiful to look at and play on. The cages come along with the softball field as well. The cages or even more simple than the field, all it has is a net, some turf ground, a bucket of
In conclusion, baseball and softball are very similar sports with the same background. They also share the same concept of competing for a number of seven innings to see which team finishes with the most runs scored at the end of the bottom of the seventh inning. Even with the game being so similar, the two have a few, major differences to make the two games unique. Differences between the baseball and softball include, the pitching, field setting, and ball differencing.