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| When was the game of softball created? |
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| Where was the game of softball created and where did its name come from? |
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Where: Farragut Boat Club in Chicago, Illinois
Named: Softball at YMCA in 1926 |
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| What is the base on balls? |
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| when 4 balls are called on a batter |
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| An inning is when each team has had a time to bat making 3 outs and also has played defense in the field for 3 outs of opponents. (One inning=6outs) |
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| When the batter hits the ball and gets to base 1 safely. |
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| When the batter hits the ball and gets all the way to SECOND base safely. |
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| When the batter hits the ball and gets to THIRD base safely. |
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| When the batter hits the ball over the fence or hits the ball far enough to tag all the bases and reach home plate safely. |
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| Fourth batter in the hitting order |
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| When catching, keep ____ on the ball and get directly behind the _______. |
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EYES on the ball
DIRECTLY behind the ball |
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| If the ball is coming ABOVE the waste,__________. |
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| put fingers of the glove UPWARD |
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| If the ball is coming BELOW the waist, __________________- |
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| put fingers of the glove DOWNWARDS |
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| On ground balls, __________________ |
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| Squat behind the ball and keep the ball in front of your body. |
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| When throwing, the ball is held with the ___________ and the _________. |
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| thumb and the first two fingers |
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| The throwing hand comes up by the ___________. |
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| As you throw, step on the _____________ _______________. |
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| Grip the bat firmly with hands __________ about one inch from the _______ of the bat. |
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hands TOGETHER
one inch from the BOTTOM of bat |
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| When batting, feet are _______ width apart. |
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| When batting, stand in the batter's box about one ___________ from the _________ of the ___________. |
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| one BAT LENGTH from the OUTSIDE edge of HOME PLATE |
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| When hitting, bring the bat back at ________ level and keep your eyes on the ___________. |
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| Bat at SHOULDER LEVEL and eyes on the BALL |
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Before the swing, your weight is on the ___________.
During the swing, the weight shifts to your ___________ foot. |
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Before - weight on back foot
During - shifts to front foot |
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| In MODIFIED SLOW PITCH, the ball is pitched ___________. It MUST cross over ___________. |
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| UNDERHAND and must cross HOME PLATE |
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| Where is the STRIKE Zone? |
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| Shoulders to knees on the batter |
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| No ______ and no ___________ are allowed. |
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| No stealing and no bunting!!!!!! and no fun (ha, ha) |
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| A base runner may _______ the ___________, after the ball crossed the ___________. |
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| leave the bag after the ball crossed the plate. |
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| A game consists of _________ innings |
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| IF a fly ball is caught for the first or second out, any base runner must ____________________________. |
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| return to base to tag up before advancing to the next base. |
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| Any time a base runner is forced to leave the _____, because of a runner behind him or her, the fielder only needs to touch the ______ rather than the _____ to get the out. |
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| base, bag, runner (FORCED TO RUN...only base must be touched to get out) |
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| CHOICE (NOT FORCED) - if leave bag because you want to, fielder has to tag ___________ |
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