the pitcher in: She stunned the softball world with her amazing performance. At age five Jennie Finch started playing softball, and became a pitcher at eight years old(Team). She played for the Arizona Wildcats, and the Chicago Bandits, and she has won two Olympic medals and seven world championships with the U.S. She was titled a Three-time World Cup Champion, and NPF Co-Pitcher of the year. Why did she decide to become a pitcher? What made her want to play softball? This essay will explain…
strong are you when it comes to tough times? The person that comes to mind when I ask this question is a girl named Ashley Tranis. Ashley was born with only one arm. Se did, however, love the game of softball but knew she would never be able to play because of her disability. Her mom played softball and wanted Ashley to play just as bad as Ashley herself did. So when Ashleys birthday came around, she got a special bat, that allowed her to hit like anyone else, and a new glove. When tryouts came…
The pitching is getting faster, bat speeds are getting quicker, and bats are created with newer and better technology; these three things are resulting in softballs popping off bats at higher velocities, yet no required protective measures are being taken to protect the pitcher from the ball. Getting hit by a ball traveling at high speeds can have devastating effects on a pitcher if no safety measures are taken to soften the blow of the ball. A hit to the body or face of a pitcher cannot be…
difference between softball and baseball is ,baseball consists of nine innings, while softball consists of seven innings. Baseball has one and only one classification ,and the game is played the same way all over the world. Softball is classified into fast-pitch and slow-pitch which are both different from baseball. Softball and baseball are related, in fact softball originated from baseball; however these two sports are still very different. The difference between baseball and softball…
Clayton Kershaw, Joey Votto, etc. When you hear the word softball, you probably think of college teams or some even ask what softball is. Softball has become such a small sport because of baseball taking over. Although, I do not mind that, baseball is an amazing sport to play and watch. Softball is just the same and gets less credit. One person that is very famous in the softball world is a woman named Jennie Finch. To me, she is the best softball player of the last couple of decades, but…
We all have different views on what competition really is. Competition is used in everyday life. We naturally think that everything is a competition. Since we all view competition differently, then competition can mean different things to us. Competition is a reason why some people are successful. Famous people have used competition to become successful in what they do. That is why we should try to succeed in competition. Competition not only helps success happen and goals become achieved, but…
Softball and baseball. The sports of hitting the ball as far as you can and running like hell. These two sports appear so similar to strangers to the game, yet as you delve deeper into the muddy fields of the aspects of the two, they are entirely different. So how do you think of softball and baseball? Which one would you say is higher in difficulty? To many, softball is the girl-version of baseball and vice-versa. They may say there is absolutely no difference except the larger ball in softball…
Softball versus Baseball in Terms of Speed and Distance There has been, and will for a long time be, much controversy about whether or not baseball players are better, and the sport is more difficult, than softball. If you were to go to a baseball game and then go to a softball game, it would appear that the baseballs are hit harder and farther than the softballs were hit. The two specific fields even differ largely in dimensions: The baseball field being larger than the softball field.…
Ever have parents yelling from the sidelines or through the fence during one of your best games? Many parents want their kids to succeed, but push them too hard and too much. Some parents don’t realize is that they are actually harming their kids not helping, parents think it’s support but kids think it’s pressure. Parental pressure does affect student athletics because some feel like failures others get burnout by the time high school ends and even college. Parental pressure is why many kids…
Keep Out The Dugout November 24TH, 1887, football fans used boxing gloves and broomsticks to play the very first, official, game of softball. Just a little over four decades earlier, Alexander Cartwright, the “father of baseball” formalized the rules, or codes, of “townball”. What is townball? Who exactly is Alexander Cartwright? What does this have to do with softball? All valid questions you may or, may not have right now. Townball or base are both older colloquial terms used to describe,…