Reinstatement of Softball Into the 2016 Olympics

Have you ever wondered if softball is harder than baseball, or even the other way around? Both softball and baseball are challenging sports. They have the same basics, and some of the same rules. They have plenty of things in common, but one is definitely harder than the other. Softball is harder than baseball because of the size of the bats and balls, the reaction time, and the difference in pitching.

“Be remembered!” echoes through my mind every time I get up to bat. From tee ball to now, softball has made a massive impact on my life. Ever since I was five years old, I have been playing the game that I love the most.

Playing softball, you get fit. Being fit, makes people like their bodies, which makes people happier in general. When throwing the ball, you have to throw it harder than you would a baseball, which means you’re using more of your muscles than you would when throwing a baseball. As a result, your arms and body get toned, and running to catch the ball gets your legs worked out as well. When hitting the ball, you have

Softball has taught me many life skills like how to get along with twenty girls and have a friendship with each and every one of them. Also, I think it has really shaped my life a small amount; I don’t think I’m the same person I was two months ago. Even though my team didn't win every game or even most of our games, we still acted like a unit and didn't give up easily and we played our hardest at every game. Honestly from my own opinion, I think losing made us even closer to each other and we weren't a cocky team either we were just really confident.

By participating in softball, I can have a great time with my team, make new friends, and practice my leadership while helping my teammates become better players. I have always tried my hardest to become the best person that i can be, so i have never been disciplined in a class or as a member of an extracurricular activity or sport. Also, i have never served a detention, been involved in a legal action regarding policy 14 or any other police matter, and i have never committed an act of academic dishonesty. I have always academically challenged myself by taking extra time to study for tests, by taking harder math classes, and by taking an Advanced Placement course this year. When no one is looking, I am the same caring person who is always trying my best to accomplish what ever task is at hand. I have been raised to be the same, caring, mature, and loving person every second of my life no matter what the circumstances

Ever since 1887 when softball first became a sport, individuals compared the two. In the past, baseball was the most watched sport in the United States, which earned baseball the nickname of America's’ Pastime. During that time, individuals did not take women’s athletic abilities seriously, for which no females

Believe it or not softball was created by males. People consider it a women’s sport though. Softball was created in 1887 when men joined together in Chicago Farragut baseball club to listen to Harvard vs Yale football game. The inventor of indoor baseball was George Hancock. The reason it was invented it because a Yale supporter threw and boxing glove at a Harvard fan while yell “let’s play ball”. It then became its own sport in 1991. http://softball.isport.com. The first game was played on Thanksgiving. The rules for softball we created in 1889 which was only 2 years after they game was even thought of.

The All American Girl’s Professional Baseball League both challenged and reinforced traditional women’s roles. The AAGPBL only lasted for eleven years, but its effects are not forgotten. Towards the beginnings of the lead, along with the influential leaders, the players were the ones to make it famous. The AAGPBL made women athletics a possibility today and helped America to emerge to why women athletes are necessary. After the men returned from war, the league began to decline and the women were eventually forced back into being housewives and back into the households.

Well, the time has come for me to finally put in my two cents and everyone has to listen. So, here we go… I vividly remember being a sophomore and Brooke Bushman telling me “Just wait. The time for you to give your senior speech will be here before you know it. You'll probably write a novel and make it rhyme or something like that”. Well, sorry to disappoint but I really have nothing proud like that to share. For me, softball was always just a game. It was just another enjoyable outlet

Ever since I was young, I knew I wanted to play college softball. I love the game and have played it ever since the age of five. Softball however, is not the only sport I played and loved growing up. I played basketball ever since I was able. “tough, can take anyone on.”

Before we told our daughters that they could be anyone, or anything they wanted to be, we told them that they could only be what was acceptable for women to be, and that they could only do things that were considered "ladylike." It was at this time, when the nation was frenzied with the business of war, that the women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League decided that they could do and be whatever it was that they chose. These women broke free of the limitations that their family and society had set for them, and publicly broke into what had been an exclusively male sport up until that time.

Jennie Finch was apart of the USA Softball team in the 2004 summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece. Finch went on to pitch brilliantly by striking out 13 batters in eight innings while giving up only one hit, one walk and no runs. Finch had a 2-0 win-loss record which helped the USA secured the gold medal once defeating Australia in the final round. Finch again in 2008 would represent her country in the final time due to softball and baseball being dropped from the Olympics. In Beijing Finch again pitched quite well pitching four no-hit innings in an 11–0 victory over Venezuela, pitching 5 shutout innings in a 7–0 victory over Chinese Taipei, and two more shutout innings in a 9–0 victory over China. Unfortunately the USA wasn’t able to secure the gold medal for the 4th time because of their loss to Japan 3-1 in the final game. Finch is currently an advocate for softball to return to the Olympics by promoting how it tests so many athletic abilities, from hand-eye coordination, to speed, to agility, to quickness and how it deserves to be an Olympic

Is softball a safe sport? While softball is one of high school’s safest sports according to momsteam.com, more and more players are getting hurt and here’s why. Many players are getting line drives to the head, and other parts of their body. However, they say should have been wearing a face mask while playing defense. Players of fastpitch softball need to wear a face mask because players and pitchers are having more injuries each year, and without one you are increasing risks for injuries that could potentially end your softball career and give you problems later on in life.

The Women's Sport Softball is known as an all girls sport ,but it hasn’t always been that way. In fact softball used to be played with mostly male players. So how did softball become an all girl sport over the years? This essay will explain how women were forced to play softball over the years. “The first softball game ever “played” was in 1887 on thanksgiving day at a football game.

Although men and women’s basketball are closer to being equal than softball and baseball, the leagues are still separate. America has a women’s league and a men’s league and never the two shall meet. A woman is not allowed in the NBA since she has the WNBA. The separation is strong, obvious, and seemingly permanent. Like basketball, they created softball to play indoors during the winter. The game earned the name softball and due to its easier properties was often “regarded as baseball’s stepchild” (Ring, p. 60). They passed the game down to women, as it seemed safe enough to limit the risk of injury. And so the separation began.