PE (Watkins) | Study Guide & Practice
Questions
how is softball different than baseball - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----the ball that is
used is larger then the regular ball. The field is smaller also
how did the game of softball get started - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----while
waiting for a telegraph to see who won a Yale-Harvard football game, one man
threw an old boxing glove at a friend. He, in turn, hit it with a broom handle, then
george hancock grabbed the ball, and tied it in a sphere, and they played ball
describe the strike zone in softball - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----the strike zone is
between the shoulders and the knees
, in fast-pitch games, which players must wear helmets - ---✔✔✔ANSWER--
--batter, base-runners, and on-deck batter
what is considered to be one of the greatest victories for softball enthusiasts - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----in 1991, with the addition of women's fast pitch softball
to the program of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia
when were standard rules for softball developed and by whom - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----they were developed by george hancock and they were
made after the first time they ever played the game with a broom handle and an
old boxing glove
what are the three sizes of balls that are used in softball - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----11 inches, 12 inches, and 16 inches
what are the ways a batter can get a strike called on her - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----if the ball pitched is outside the strike zone and the
batter doesn't swing, the umpire calls the pitch a "ball." The batter can get a strike
if he swings at a pitch misses. He can get a strike if the ball is hit into foul territory
the player who wears a mask - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----catcher