The Art Of Softball

Though the practices performed within softball literacy do not immediately seem as if they should be considered a literacy practice, according to two of the six propositions about the nature of literacy, it is. Not only does it involve the physical performance from a play, but also includes formal writings, new rules and regulations, and offer different rules in different countries. For me, softball was something that has made me who I am today. Whether it be the welcoming community or the constant push to make myself better at the game.. Softball literacy is also filled with artifacts that make us a community within our team and a community with other softball players.

Softball is a growing sport for girls within the United States. Whether you are an 8-year-old girl, to a senior in college softball, it’s a sport that many are attached too. A new form of hitting came into play during the 2005 Women’s College Series. Slap hitting is a new form of hitting that changed the way the game of fast-pitch softball is being played. Slapping changed the way coaches and players think about how they are going to field a slap hitter. This form of hitting is becoming a major role within fast-pitch softball. When I got the opportunity to learn how to slap hit I was excited to gain this ability. With practice, patience and determination, I began to learn the hitting style that I use today.

Numerous individuals expect that softball came from baseball, the sport's first diversion really occurred on account of a football game. The historical backdrop of softball goes back to Thanksgiving Day of 1887, when a few graduated classes sat in the Chicago, Illinois Farragut Watercraft Club, restlessly anticipating the result of the Yale versus Harvard football game. At the point when Yale was reported as victor, a Yale graduate energetically tossed a boxing glove at a Harvard supporter. The Harvard fan swung at the clustered glove with a stick, and whatever remains of the gathering looked on with hobby. George Hancock, a journalist for the Chicago Leading body of Exchange, tongue in cheek got out, "Take care of business!" and the first softball game initiated with the football fans utilizing the boxing glove as a ball and a floor brush handle set up of a bat.

Softball is a sport that is known throughout the United States and the world. Softball originated on Thanksgiving Day in Chicago in 1887. The game was actually said to have begun as an indoor game. Softball was started by a group of men who had gathered at a club to watch the Harvard vs. Yale football game. When the news came that Yale had defeated Harvard, 17-8, one Yale supporter, overcome with enthusiasm, picked up an old boxing glove and threw it at a nearby Harvard alumni, who promptly tried to hit it back with a stick. This gave George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade, an idea. He suggested a game of indoor baseball. Naturally, Hancock's friends thought he was talking about playing a game outdoors, not indoors.

This paper is going to be over the topic of softball. The history of softball, how it has changed over the years as well as the creation and invention.

The day of my last softball game was the most terrifying day of my life. I have been playing softball for my whole life, Usually your last game is bittersweet and sad, mine was the complete opposite.One reason why the day of last softball game was absolutely horrid, was because it was the championship game and the whole game the score was back and forth, neither team could keep the lead.Another reason the day of my last softball game was extremly scary is because my dad who is the coach, randomly disappeared as well as my mother. The assistant coach came up in between innings and told the team that he would be taking over because my dad did not feel well. Next thing i noticed both my parents were gone, and i heard the fire truck and ambulance

How is math used in softball? Math is used in softball a number of ways. One of the ways

Softball has always been my favorite sport. It’s the fast pace of my heart as I’m rounding the bases, fast as lightning, making contact with the corner of the grungy white bases with a heavy coat of red dirt layering the edges, prepared to dive into home base, the sound of the bat making solid compact with the bright, attention grabbing yellow ball, the smell of the dew delicately resting on the fields of green grass, giving everyone a relaxed feeling of being in nature.

SHREVEPORT, La. – The Ladies softball team picked up their first win of the season, 4-2, in game one of the doubleheader, but five errors led to four unearned runs by the Wildcats in a 5-1 loss in game two between Centenary (1-5) and Louisiana College (3-1) Tuesday night, February 7.

Hard work never goes un-noticed, and although I did improve, I had acquired the label of ‘outfielder’. The position that wasn’t home to me, but I was forced to recognize as my spot on the field. My first year of Varsity softball arrived and I made it clear infield is where I wanted to be, but my coach’s confidence in me continued to lack to match the level of mine, along with the fact the returning third basemen was a veteran. And the outfield is where I was sent, yet again.

I love playing softball and it is the best sport ever if you ask me. Some other athletes prefer baseball, basketball, volleyball, track, wrestling, or even golf. Some people might even prefer to watch those sports then to play them.

How to be Successfully Ready For a Game Softball is a sport that not everyone knows how to be appropriately dressed for and it’s important to receive helpful advice from a person that plays softball. In this essay you will be learning the basic things a softball player has to do, so she can be dressed correctly before every game. Getting ready before a softball game can be a little challenging because there is so much to it then just putting random softball clothes on and then being ready to play. It will take time to get use to the process of preparing yourself before each game, but you will get a hang of it the more you do it. If you follow the somewhat difficult process that I will be giving you which contains 10 steps, and is about a 15 minute process, you will be appropriately dressed and ready for every softball game.

As I was growing up, my parents always wanted to find something to help me be active with other children. I was extremely shy and would not talk to anyone. At the age of six, I chose to try out for softball, but I was not sure if it was something I would continue to play. Softball has helped me break out of my comfort zone and talk to people, make lifelong friends, and be stronger as an individual. The older I got, the more open I was, but my first year of JV is what broke my shell.

Participant 1 (PAR1, AFSAS Person 1) was playing softball when he attempted to slide into a base; PAR1 was then hit in the back of the head resulting a concussion/7 LWDS.

Here I am, standing on the corner of second base. It is the top of the first inning with no outs. The pitcher goes into her windup and I take a hard lead off the bag. The ball hits the bat and I immediately take off to third. I hear the words, “down, down, down!” I slide into third and just as my left foot hits the bag I hear a very distinct, “pop!” I roll over on my side and I just lie there. The crowd is silent. Thee only thing I can hear is the voice in my head telling me something bad has just happened. I look up and see my coach standing over me. All I can do is cry. I think to myself, “it’s over.” “My hopes of ever becoming the softball player I always dreamt of are gone.” As I am helped up by my coach and the other team’s coach, I can