Why Am I A Typical Softball Player?

Joining the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League brought a new opportunity for females. Many females were filling in masculine jobs

There has always been that stereotype of boys being more athletic than girls. The gender segregation of sports reflects more than just physical differences between men and women. It reflects the way men think about women and sports. When someone throws a baseball in a nonathletic way, a friend would yell, “Stop throwing like a girl!” Being reminded of this

Softball is just as hard as baseball because the game moves much quicker, pitchers must throw underhand, and hitting a softball is more difficult than hitting a baseball. A softball game moves quicker because of the field differences.

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.

During the Olympics softball has won a pretty good amount of medals, but no one really talks about them or where they put the medals after, which is why in 1957 the softball Hall of Fame was made. In the USA Women’s National team there is a total of three consecutive Olympic gold medals(1996, 2000, 2004), one silver medal(2008), and a total of 197 softball players too. When softball started, it actually had it’s debut in the 1996 Olympics as a sport. In the 1996 Olympics Gold Medal Game, Dot Richardson, an orthopedic surgeon hit the game winning home run, which is why we have that gold medal in the Hall of Fame today. As softball is a well known sport, it did have a down downfall at the 2005 and the 2008 Beijing summer Olympics where that

“PLAY BALL!!” This is a saying that has been used for many years in softball as well as in baseball. Now, those two words will not be heard in the Olympics for at least half a decade. Softball is a big part in the lives of many women and taking it out of the 2012 Olympics is crushing their dreams. The sport should be reinstated in the 2016 Olympics because the sport will die if it is not, it gives young girls a dream, and it will greatly decrease the amount of women participating in the Olympic Games.

There is much other classification of different types of jocks in the world. Another stereotype that focuses on the female athlete is being classified as a lesbian. I have been stereotyped as a lesbian many different times on account of being a softball player. The stereotype is addressed to many female athletes but is strongly associated with

Through the movies viewed in this course this semester, we saw women who were able to play against men and still keep their femininity. Nothing is lost when playing sports not traditionally meant for a particular race or gender. Society must become more understanding when it comes to the sports different types of people play and hinder from stereotyping anyone when they participate and perform well in that sport.

Girls and Boys Sports All around the world there are girls playing on the same team as boys. Still, there are major problems and conflicts on this topic. Some people think that girls should be able to play on boys teams because their physical talent enough. Some other people think that they shouldn’t play on boys teams because they doubt a lot of their physical abilities.

Most people think that baseball is harder than softball, but studies have shown otherwise. Throughout my life, people have always told me that baseball is more difficult than softball, and of course I believed them, until I did some research. Now, I’m not saying that softball is harder because Jennie Finch(softball player) struck out Albert Pujols(MLB player), or whatever. Baseball is a very difficult sport, don’t get me wrong, but softball is all about speed (Kenteck).

think softball as a more of a “tough man” sport. Or a person that plays volleyball,he/she

Because it can be played on either a field or an indoor arena, softball games are played year round, and involve teams with players as young as 8 years old and some players over 60 years in age. Softball is sometimes played by co-recreational leagues where both women and men play on the same teams, but the rules are generally modified to reduce physical inequalities between the sexes. Often, companies and organizations form amateur co-ed teams to play for benefits and charity fund raiser events.

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.

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.

Another reason, is sport of baseball can be both genders, male and female; the boys take the baseball and girls take the softball. This can be good so there is no harsh arguments for girls not being allowed to play something that throws a downside for them, and also boys don't either too.