Running head: Softball History of Softball Sports has been linked back to the Aztec Indians in the 1500’s. Every culture has had some influence by sports. The Indians played sports‚ the Africans played‚ and Europeans played sports. Sports have been a great impact on the world. I can’t remember what it was like not to be in a sport‚ I have been competing so long. Sports teach adolescents‚ as well as some younger children integrity‚ hard work‚ perseverance‚ and in some cases maturity‚
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Key Stage 3 Activity: GAMES ACTIVITIES Class: Yr 7 Number of pupils: 21 Title of Unit: Rounders Lesson Number: 2 Lesson Topic: Fielding and batting Date: 7/5/09 Time: 50 min Mark to indicate Knowledge‚ Skills & Understanding Acquiring and developing new skills Select and apply skills‚ tactics‚ideas Evaluate and improve performance Knowledge and understanding of fitness and health Areas of Activity Key Stage 3:
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Homerun “Katelyn you’re up!” I heard my lanky redheaded coach Kevin screech. I slid on my batting gloves that were caked in dirt‚ and tightened my helmet that was meant for a 8 year old. I felt a tingling sensation rush through my body‚ I knew that I was going to do something great. It was the top of the 4th and we were down by two‚ already down a player so our outfield had to work vigorously to make sure not even a sickly hit could get past them. I could see Kenzie‚ a short stocky girl‚ with a bright
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tells us about the significance of the bat. "My big sister gave it to me after returning from a trip to Kashmir‚ which is known for its high-quality willows." "It wasn’t the best bat‚ but it was like a piece of gold to me. I used to imagine myself batting for India‚ hitting
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Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection‚ analysis‚ interpretation or explanation‚ and presentation of data. It is applicable to a wide variety of academic disciplines‚ from the physical and social sciences to the humanities. Statistics are also used for making informed decisions and misused for other reasons in all areas of business and government. Statistical methods can be used to summarize or describe a collection of data; this is called descriptive statistics. In
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Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson‚ the best baseball player in the twentieth century‚ was the first African American to play in the Major League Baseball and opened up the generation for colored people to play baseball. He courageously changed and challenged the deeply rooted custom of racial segregation in both the north and the south. He also gave the African Americans a different focus for life then just stepping back and letting them get walked all over by the words form the whites. Jackie proved
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Los Angeles A Player Based Approach to Baseball Simulation A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics by Adam Philip Sugano 2008 © Copyright by Adam Philip Sugano 2008 The dissertation of Adam Philip Sugano is approved. _______________________________________ Jan de Leeuw _______________________________________ Rick Paik Schoenberg _______________________________________
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of variables involved within the game of baseball. If one looks at a player such as David Ortiz in 2003‚ his regular season stats alone would leave out much of what Ortiz did as a whole. While above average for a power hitter‚ his regular season batting average of .309 pales in comparison to the .760 average he achieved in the World Series. Statisticians began to realize that a blanket average of an entire baseball season was not enough to judge the worth of a player‚ thus the creation of more situational-based
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to write her paper without batting an eyelash." This sentence contains an example of what is called an idiom. Idioms are individual forms of expression specific to one language. They can be thought of as a group of two or more words that together mean something different from the literal meaning of the individual words. "Without batting an eyelash" means to be passive‚ or show no interest in an event or situation. This phrase first appeared in the early 1900 ’s."Batting"‚ used in this phrase‚ was
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good at. There are 11 players in the team and 2 hitters. In cricket pitching means bowling and hitting means bating. Toss time‚ we were in the dressing room preparing for our captain to send message about what we have to do‚ first bowling or batting. We lost the toss and opposing team choose to bat first so it’s our time to field first. As we marched into the field we saw huge crowd watching us. I was really nervous because this my first state level game. It was 20 overs match which means 6
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