Category: Softball
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What Are Innings in Softball? A Comprehensive Guide
Innings are used to format games such as cricket, softball, baseball, or others to a similar effect. They are used as the basic unit of play, formed in two halves named the top half and the bottom half. In each half, one team will be batting, and one team will be playing defense, then swapping…
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Soccer And Softball, Can You Use The Same Cleats?
In short, yes, you can use the same cleats for both sports. Soccer cleats and softball cleats often look very similar, but both types have some specific differences. The main things to consider are as follows: Cost. Especially in certain sports, the actual price of different cleat styles can be quite dramatic, so it’s very…
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Can You Use a Baseball Bat For Softball? The main differences Between Them
In reality, you can use a baseball bat for softball. They’re both bats, right, designed to hit balls? The question really is; why would you want to? Softball bats are designed for softball. There are reasons for this. At the youth level, whether you’re playing softball or baseball, the youth bat is the same size.…
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Why are Softball Infields Dirt and not Grass? 3 Main Reasons
Softball has many unique features that set it apart from other sports. One of these features is the softball infield, which is made of dirt and not grass. There are various reasons why a softball infield is a dirt, and these include the shorter distances between bases, the velocity of the softball off the bat.…
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How To Tell If A Softball Bat is Shaved? (4 Ways To Find Out)
Every high stake sport has competitors trying to give themselves some unfair and illegal advantage. The tour de France, the MBA all have doping scandals in spades. The funny thing is that softball has its own form of scandal. For such a seemingly wholesome and innocuous sport, softball has “hot” bats! A hot bat is…
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10 Softball Drills to do at Home – Practice Makes Perfect
You have probably heard the saying, “practice makes perfect” so many times that it could send you insane! However, if you want to master the skill of playing softball, the reality is that you will need to practice. I believe there is better sportsman out there than many of the famous athletes we see today;…
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Why Are Softballs Yellow and Bigger Than Baseballs? (Here’s Why!)
While softball and baseball are almost similar, these two sports also have significant differences. These differences include the balls used in these sports. In softball, players use a soft, oversized yellow ball. But why are softballs yellow and bigger than baseballs? Softball was actually created as an indoor sport. It was invented in 1887 by…
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Can You Wear Earrings in a Softball Game? What About Jewellery!
As a woman, you want to look attractive whether you are playing sports or going out with friends and this typically involves wearing jewelry. Whether you can wear earrings and other jewelry during a softball game is dependent upon the organization, So the answer really lies with them. There are a number of rule books…
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Is Softball an Olympic Sport? Every Thing You Need To Know
In August 2016, softball players and fans alike received the fantastic news that the sport would be included in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan (this date was pushed forward to 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic.) Yet despite this seemingly good news, this was not the deserved Olympic reinstatement that the players and…
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Why Is Softball A Girls Sport? Truth Revealed
It is common knowledge that boys like to play baseball while girls favor playing softball more. But why is that? How did softball become a sport just for girls? This is a question that many baseball and softball professionals struggle to answer because it’s not as simple. Here is a short, watered-down answer to this…