Many people may say that baseball is the hardest sport to play. Softball is very underrated for its difficulty. Just because it is a girls sport does not make it easier. Softball is more difficult that baseball by a land slide. In softball pitching and hitting is difficult, in fielding is more complex, and base running needs to be quick.
Just because the pitching is slower in softball doesn't make it easier to hit. A softball is harder to hit than a baseball. In matter of fact a softball has more force than a baseball being pitched. A ball coming at you at 70 miles per hour from a distance of 37.5 feet means a ball will reach the plate in .35 seconds. In baseball a ball coming at you at 100 miles per hour from 63.4 feet away, the ball will reach the plate at .38 seconds. This gives the softball batter .25 seconds to decide to swing verse .55 seconds in baseball. In baseball the natural …show more content…
Not only does smaller fields make it harder for in fielding, it also affects base runners. If a ball is hit to third a runner has less than 1.5 seconds to get to first. A softball bag is 60 feet from the one behind it. In baseball they are 90. Most softball players will have a fifty percent chance of making it to first depending on how the field the ball.
Even though there are many facts to why softball is harder than baseball, people will still argue that baseball is the hardest sport. Baseballs are smaller than softballs. Since baseballs are white compared to a bright neon yellow, making it harder to see. A baseball comes faster than a softball from a pitcher. Comparing to softball bases, they have an extra thirty feet.
Just because softball is a girls sport does not make it easier. Softball is harder than baseball. People may still disagree but hard evidence has proven that softball is harder. With harder pitches and hitting, difficult Infielding plays, and quick like base running skills are all attributes to why softball is harder than
Just because the pitching is slower in softball doesn't make it easier to hit. A softball is harder to hit than a baseball. In matter of fact a softball has more force than a baseball being pitched. A ball coming at you at 70 miles per hour from a distance of 37.5 feet means a ball will reach the plate in .35 seconds. In baseball a ball coming at you at 100 miles per hour from 63.4 feet away, the ball will reach the plate at .38 seconds. This gives the softball batter .25 seconds to decide to swing verse .55 seconds in baseball. In baseball the natural …show more content…
Not only does smaller fields make it harder for in fielding, it also affects base runners. If a ball is hit to third a runner has less than 1.5 seconds to get to first. A softball bag is 60 feet from the one behind it. In baseball they are 90. Most softball players will have a fifty percent chance of making it to first depending on how the field the ball.
Even though there are many facts to why softball is harder than baseball, people will still argue that baseball is the hardest sport. Baseballs are smaller than softballs. Since baseballs are white compared to a bright neon yellow, making it harder to see. A baseball comes faster than a softball from a pitcher. Comparing to softball bases, they have an extra thirty feet.
Just because softball is a girls sport does not make it easier. Softball is harder than baseball. People may still disagree but hard evidence has proven that softball is harder. With harder pitches and hitting, difficult Infielding plays, and quick like base running skills are all attributes to why softball is harder than