kids around you. You just want to go out there and have fun with your friends. For me, this is what sports were always about, until recently when a friend of mine told me how much of an influence I had on her life. When I started playing fastpitch softball I was chosen to be on the twelve and under team at the age of nine. I was terrified, fortunately at the first practice everyone was so welcoming, creating friendships that I still have to this day. I’m thankful I played with the older team,
sports and they have been a big part of my life. When Teresa Wilson brought fastpitch softball to the University of Washington, my friends and I were the first to sign up for her initial summer skills camp. We all stood together, down below on the Chiefs softball field, shyly giggling and acting crazy. Teresa Wilson introduced her first UW team players and instantly Jennifer Kline became my hero and to play intercollegiate fastpitch was cemented in my heart as a dream. Kline worked with me as a catcher
Softball is an exciting game that is played by over 20 million people all over the world. It is played on a pitch or softball field. The field has 3 bases and a diamond shaped home plate. The game involves 2 teams with 9 players each. One of the teams plays on the attack, and the other team plays on defense. The main goal or aim of the game is to a runner on the base. This is done by hitting the ball, and advancing the runner safely around all the bases, and to the home plate. The player advances
Softball is an extracurricular activity that has been around for many years, and it first started with Slowpitch softball. Fastpitch softball did not come into existence until in recent years, and it has helped the spread of the sport of softball throughout the world. Even though the sport of softball is growing, there are many people who do not know about the sport. While both Fastpitch Softball and Slowpitch Softball contain similar characteristics, Slowpitch does differ in a few aspects. The way
of cricket players. On the other hand, softball was first developed on Thanksgiving Day 1887, while several men were awaiting the outcome of the Yale vs. Harvard football game in a Chicago boat club. When Yale was announced as the winner, a Yale alumni member playfully threw
Female Pioneers of Softball For this Women of Diversity Group Project, my group chose to write about female pioneers in sport. Within that category I chose female pioneers of softball. During this paper I will discuss the history of the sport and female participation in the sport. I will also give some statistics and make comparisons between females and males involved in softball and baseball. Softball was developed as an indoor game in 1887 by George W.Hancock in Chicago. He used a 17-inch ball
Best softball Bats Softball is a game that was invented in 1887 in Chicago by a group of women. It is derived from baseball but has a few difference from baseball in that it is played with a larger ball and on a smaller field. Other differences between the two sports is that the ball must be pitched underhand from 46 ft. and 43 ft. for men and women as opposed to what it is in baseball which is 60.5 ft.; there are seven innings in softball and in baseball there are nine innings. The governing body
At age 5 she started to play softball and at age 8 she started pitching. Her father was her first pitching coach. At age 13 Jennie was the bat girl for the University of California, Los Angeles. In high school she lettered four times in softball and twice in each in basketball and volleyball. As a sophomore, she was an All-California interscholastic Federation division two in softball and All-Suburban League Selection. As a senior, she was the captain of the softball team, the volleyball team, and
How to Slap Hit a Softball Are you familiar with slap hitters? Most softball teams have included slap hitters in their line-up as these players are efficient in stopping the opposing defense. Slap hitters literally slap the ball. Slap hitting requires very good speed. To become a slap hitter, players should possesses the following qualities: 1. Players that are natural left-handed hitters should not have too much pop in their swing and have very good speed. 2. While those natural right-handed hitters
Softball is not only about your skill but it is also about having the proper equipment to help you succeed. One of the biggest disadvantages in softball is having a bat that doesn't hit well, thats why having a good bat is essential to succeeding during the game. The xeno bat is not only inexpensive but comes with other benefits that make it the best bat when it comes to softball. Having the xeno softball bat is the best bat to have because it has a good balance point for when you are swinging for
Introduction Over the past fifteen to twenty years women's fastpitch softball popularity has continued to grow and spread internationally. By the mid-1990s it was played in more than 85 countries under the eye of the International Softball Federation (ISF). It has become increasingly popular among women at the youth and collegiate levels. More than 630 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) member institutions sponsor women's softball programs, and national championships for women are held
she made with her friends. She thinks she could have picked better friends because she doesn’t have any true friends. She also wished that she stayed with the sports she played in the past. She was good at softball and she was alright at street hockey. She thinks that if she still played softball that she would probably be playing for Mainland. Other then that she doesn’t have any more regrets that she wishes to share. We talked about death- "Death is a horrible time in a young persons’ life, but once
myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball. Baseball developed slowly, and changed with time, and that is why it is called America's national pastime. Some believe it was a popular game from England where milkmaids and farmer hands would toss a softball underhand and hit it with a closed fist. Others even say it was evolved from cricket. From 1905-07, a special investigation was done to find the beginning of baseball. An old man, claiming to be one of Abner Doubleday's childhood's friend, swore
put it in words. My dad is the one who had me knowing in my heart by 7th grade, maybe even sooner, that I wanted to teach someday and that I wanted to coach. My dad was a 5th and 6th grade teacher for 23 years. During these years he coached track, softball, volleyball, and my favorite sport, basketball. I think I probably had a basketball in my hands when I was born! My sisters and I used to travel to games with him on the bus with their crazy bus driver, Mr. Krueger. The team members always
involved in sports in some way or another. I was team captain in every sport imaginable in elementary school. Junior high I continued to be involved in sports, but it wasn't until high school started that I really got into it. I played soccer, softball and basketball at Rogers High School. I particularly loved soccer. Just playing it gave me a rush I had never felt before. Also knowing that this sport took a lot of hard work and dedication gave me a sense of satisfaction, because I knew that
goals. The awakening of my independence happened during the end of my softball season my freshman year in college when my head coach had cut my scholarship because of lack of funding. I was faced with making my first mature decision into what my future was to hold. The following year I transferred to Thomas College hoping to play ball again which did not materialize because there were not enough players recruited to start the softball program. At Thomas College, I realized that I was going to school
better than Dottie. A little bit later a scout comes to the dairy farm where the two work to see if Dottie will want to come and play in the baseball league. She doesn’t want to go but Kit ... ... middle of paper ... ... then going through her softball career and then ending up seeing her sister again when they are old. Penny, the director, did a good job of incorporating the personal lives of the players into the movie. I thought it was very emotional when Coach Dugan gave one of the players
Spring is full of transformations and changes. Flowers blossom, the temperature rises, and those with allergies begin a long journey of pain and agony. The start of spring also brings with it the beginning of baseball and softball. By carefully analyzing two teams representative of each sport at the University of Arizona a sociological analysis based on the similarities and differences between the sports was conducted. Despite the relative similarities between the two sports a number of differences
Baseball has been a part of me since the earliest years of my life. Whether it was playing, watching, attending, or even coaching, baseball has, and always will be, my favorite sport and passion. Something about the game of baseball always made me want to come back and improve my skills. I loved the game, and because of my immense drive I had to improve, I ended up becoming quite good. Whether it was going to my scheduled hitting lessons with ex-minor leaguer Chris Delarwelle, attending baseball
Softball has never been a sport that has been of great interest to me and I had never attended a game prior to watching the Fighting Illini Softball team. I did not really have any impressions regarding the softball team other than some opinions from our class saying that overall they are not a very strong team and have struggled in the past in terms of stats and accumulating fans. Similar to the women’s basketball team I believe that the sport is not really respected and therefore not college