Summary: The Physics Of Softball

I watch as the pitcher catches the ball in her glove, and gradually approaches the mound, staring at me like a panther eyeing its prey. She begins her wind up, drawing her arm backwards, graceful yet sharp in her actions. I watch as her eyes are glued to the catcher’s glove, not affected by the constant chanting

The balls velocity and speed is increased significantly in a very brief period, right before the full extension of the elbow.

Newton's laws of motion are heavily associated with baseball. For example the law of inertia mainly is effected by a pitcher, because there is a large number of pitche’s in a pitcher’s arsenal. Such as the infamous curveball. The law states that an object in motion will continue and stay the same in the same direction, it will only change its direction if an external or outside force acts upon it. This means that as the pitcher applies more pressure on one side of the ball than another cause the ball to curve rather than go straight. Pitcher’s, and hitters also affect the acceleration of the ball. As the pitcher is on the mound and in his wined up the ball is starting to accelerate until he releases the ball, when the batter makes contact

Over the past few years, Major League Baseball has made numerous changes in an effort to improve on America’s Pastime. From lowering the height of the mound to give hitters a better chance against dominant pitchers, to recently moving the Houston Astros, formerly of the National League Central, to the American League West to create an equal amount of teams in each division and league. Also, before this season, pace-of-play rules were implemented to ultimately speed up the game. All of these changes, of course with the hopes of getting your average sports fan back into baseball.

The momentum from the windmill motion plus the momentum from the pitchers body going toward increases the velocity. The releases of the ball can change the spinning and curving of the ball. The positioning and movement of the pitchers wrist can change the angle of approach and the rotational axis of the softball. (Bauer & Westfall , Physics of Pitching, 2010). There are four basis pitches in softball; the fast ball, the drop ball, the rise ball, and the change up.

The players take the positions of pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, shortstop, third baseman, and outfielder. For the most part, there are three outfielders holding the positions of right defender, left defender, and focus defender. On the other hand, moderate pitch softball takes into account a fourth individual in the outfield. Like baseball, the group with the most keeps running toward the end of the seventh inning is named the victor. In any case, if the groups are tied toward the end of the seventh inning, the amusement can go into additional innings, until the tie is

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The object of softball is to score runs by hitting the ball and touching all the bases without being tagged or thrown out. Softball games last for seven innings. The pitcher will pitch to a batter until one of four things happens: The batter gets three strikes against him/her. A strike occurs when the batter swings at a pitch but misses it or hits it foul with less than two strikes against him/her, or when the pitch passes through the strike zone but the batter does not swing at it. The pitcher throws four "balls," which are pitches that fail to pass through the strike zone and which are not swung at by the batter. In this case the batter "walks," meaning he or she is awarded first base. The pitcher hits the batter with a pitch. In this case,

Since the softball field is much smaller than a baseball field, you have a lot less reaction time than you think. The pitching mound is closer to the home plate in a softball field. Therefore, when a pitch is thrown to the home plate, you have to see the ball and make sure that you have enough time to swing your bat. Also, while the pitching mound very close to home plate, the pitcher also has to figure out a way to get the batter out. They could throw curveballs, screwballs, or rise balls. This gives the batter much less of an advantage at the home plate. With the pitcher throwing these kinds of balls, the batter still has very little reaction

If a softball is thrown 65mph (average) at a batter, they will have.340 seconds to do the reaction, decide if the pitch is good enough to swing at, and swing the bat (Odegard). If a player does make it on base, the next hardest thing is making it around all of them. There is a rule differing from sport to sport called the ‘leadoff rule’. This rule allows the baserunner to leave the base before the ball is hit. In baseball, because the basepath is so much larger, the runner is allowed to stand 2-5 feet off the base before the pitch is

Main Motor Patterns: Catching a softball that is hit and throwing a softball that has been caught. Jumping and sprinting during practice or a game to catch a ball.

The pitch moves her arm in a circular rotation and then release when it gets to her thigh, to add speed and spin she flicks her wrist. There are nine players on the field at one time, and stealing a base and bunting always have been allowed in fastpitch. Softball rules are somewhat different from baseball. Two major differences are that the ball must be pitched underhand from 46 ft. For women it's 60.5 ft.

In the game of softball the baselines are only sixty feet long. Therefore, you must run super fast in order to be safe at first base. However, baseball baselines are ninety feet long, so the infielders have more time to get the runner out, and the runners have a longer distance to run. Softball pitchers have an advantage because the pitching mound is so close. An elite softball pitcher can throw speeds topping seventy miles per hour. This means a softball pitch can reach the plate in only thirty-five hundredths of a second! That is actually faster than it takes a 100 miles per hour major league fastball to reach home plate. The baseball takes thirty-eight hundredths of a second. After locating the pitch, a softball batter only has about twenty-five milliseconds to decide to swing or not. That is about fifty-five percent less time than a major league baseball player has. The game of softball can be very challenging for a batter. However, it can be even more challenging for an infielder. When balls come off of the bat at about one hundred miles per hour, a softball

Softball is a sport that is known throughout the United States and the world. Softball originated on Thanksgiving Day in Chicago in 1887. The game was actually said to have begun as an indoor game. Softball was started by a group of men who had gathered at a club to watch the Harvard vs. Yale football game. When the news came that Yale had defeated Harvard, 17-8, one Yale supporter, overcome with enthusiasm, picked up an old boxing glove and threw it at a nearby Harvard alumni, who promptly tried to hit it back with a stick. This gave George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade, an idea. He suggested a game of indoor baseball. Naturally, Hancock's friends thought he was talking about playing a game outdoors, not indoors.

This paper is going to be over the topic of softball. The history of softball, how it has changed over the years as well as the creation and invention.