Softball Research Paper

Softball was invented in 1887 in Chicago, IL, United states as in indoor game. It was called many different things like indoor baseball, kitten ball. Softball, mush ball, but was finally given the name Softball in 1926. There are three different types of softball. Fastpitch, which the pitch is fast, you have to have nine players on the field, and the ball is 12 inches in circumference.Slowpitch, ball can measure 11 or 12 inches in circumference depending on gender and league, there are ten players on the field, and the ball must come in as in arch when pitched to the batter. Modified Softball, which restricts the windmill windup of the pitcher, but the pitcher van throw as hard as possible with a back swing. Softball is much like baseball, but pitchering is different, while boys are sixty feet away from home plate and throwing over hand, girls pitch underhand with a windmill rotation with the arm, and forty-six feet from home plate. Both games have nine innings.

My opinion on softball, is that is is a very competitive sport, and truly my favorite. Some people don't see softball as a competitive of hard sport but it is. It's all mental toughness and strength. Striking Out and not getting a hit every time, is upsetting, and you feel like you failed that's were most people get it wrong, you have too have a good mentality and say you'll get it next time, some people just can't handle that. Feilding is what i'm best at, I love fielding and pitching, it's my favorite thing to do. I play on travel teams each year, I have played on 5 total with all my years I've