How To Play Softball

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When getting started with softball, the first thing you want to do is a little research. Are there any leagues in your area? What kind of softball do you want to play? Is there a specific rule set for the league you're going to play? These kinds of questions are stuff you want to ask yourself. Here I go over the basics of getting started with the sport. There are two distinct types of softball: fast pitch and slow pitch. The names themselves are self-explanatory: fast pitch you pitch faster and slow pitch you pitch slower. If you want to go with either, you can research the specific rules on your own. Today we're just talking about how to get started. In softball, there is some stuff you need and some stuff you need to know. When you first go to play the sport, there's some …show more content…
Once you're playing a softball game, you'll need to know how it goes. The game is divided into multiple innings and time. In each inning, each team will have a chance at batting and playing in the outfield and infield. When your team is batting, the main goal is to hit the ball and to get around the bases and home to score a point. The main point when on defense is to get three outs to then get your turn at batting. To get out you either have to get an out at base which is when you have someone tag out at base before the runner gets there or you can catch the ball off the bat while it's still in the air before it has touched the ground to get the out. Let's go back to offense for now. As you know the main goal of the game is to score and there's only one way to do that.To get a point you have to have a runner go all the way around the bases and get on to home and be safe. for a runner to get on base the runner has to first hit the ball and have it hit the ground. they're then able to run from first second and third base to get home but they have to stop before the ball gets either to the pitcher or to the base there at so they are not