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    In softball hitting is the most important part of the game. A team needs to hit the ball to get on base and score runs; moreover, hitting brings in the points. First and foremost the player needs to learn and know how to swing the bat to get a good hit out of a swing. When hitting the ball, hand placement is different depending on whether the hitter is left or right handed. With that, here are some steps to hitting a softball correctly giving the player the opportunity to not only get on base, but

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    Lyla Christakes Nov. 27, 2017 Chela Narrative Essay My Softball Experience The dirt that sticks to your cleats after it rains, the heat from the beating sun comes down on your face. Softball is one of my favorite sports. I’ve been playing the game for about 7 years now. I love the feeling of joy when you get new equipment, and I love some of the girls. Some of the girls were just plain rude, and mean. You didn’t want to be around them. Even though

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    For five years I have been playing softball. Just last year I was apart of a travel team. We had a great team and worked very well together. We went to multiple tournaments and put our best foot forward no matter what the circumstances were. I have never played with a better group of girls who love the game as much as I did. One game that stands out to me a pool play at the Woodstock tournament. During this game I got MVP for the first time. I was playing first base at the time. We had two outs

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    watching in hopes that the players will “hit one over the fence” while they are in attendance. Many people enjoy playing the game more so than they do watching it.  However, the game is not always the same for the players.  Some players call themselves softball players while others consider themselves baseball players.  Is there a difference? Both sports are very similar as they both require four bases, the shape of a diamond, a glove, a bat, a ball, innings, three outs, and nine

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    America's favorite pastimes. Pitching is different in both softball and baseball, one of those two balls usually gets more distance, the layers of a softball, and the layers of a baseball. Pitching is different in both softball and baseball. Baseball’s pitching is an overhand throw sixty feet and six inches back from home plate (Dreier, 2010). In softball the pitch comes from about forty-three feet from the pitching mound to home plate. Softball has two different types of pitching fastpitch and slowpitch

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    play softball but may not have the means to purchase the needed equipment. Many kids across America want to play sports but parents cannot afford the expensive equipment which allows them play. Being on a sports team has a positive effect on kids because they encourage teamwork, friendships and leadership while allowing the child to get needed exercise. The skills children learn on a sports team will help them create a stronger workforce. I will be working with the Peachtree City Girls Softball Association

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    How-to play softball “If you want it bad enough, and you’re willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself.” ( Jennie Finch.) Softball is a modified version of baseball, using a smaller field and bigger ball. Instead of nine innings there's seven and in softball you pitch underhand rather than overhand. The main points in the essay are the things you need, learning the positions and rules, practice, trying out for a team and playing in a game. Since it

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    Expository Essay Maggie Tyler a softball player, good student, pitcher. Maggie is a softball pitcher with an active personality she sets her goals and reaches as high as she want or can. She goes to Virginia Tech University. She is now a senior softball pitcher for her team, when maggie first started to play softball in college she was a freshman and a catcher for the team. As you can see Maggie Tyler is a good student, pitcher and catcher at/ for Virginia Tech. Maggie pitches for her team and

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    Softball in the Olympics Sports in the Olympics are always a popular subject among the people of the world. Every four years, summer and spring sports get a chance to compete for the ultimate prize: A world championship. After the United States won gold in their 2008 appearance in the Olympics, the International Olympic Committee on Women and Sports (IOC) voted softball out of the Olympics and has been excluded since. Even though softball nor baseball is among the top 10 most popular sports in

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    great Babe Ruth. Most people think softball and baseball are the same sport, but although they are a lot alike they have a lot of differences. Most people think the only difference between softball and baseball is the gender of the player, but it’s not. Though softball is mainly women and baseball is generally men, there is no rule anywhere stating that women can’t play baseball and men can’t play softball. They have so many more differences than people think. Softball and baseball come from the same

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