Baseball/Softball Baseball is a very commonly played sport. There was once a story that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in 1839 but that story was never really proved. The first published rules were written in 1845 for a New York baseball club by Alexander Cartwright. He is known as a commonly “father of baseball”. On June 3‚ 1953 congress officially gave Alexander Cartwright credit for inventing the current game of baseball. Alexander is a member of the baseball hall of fame. Baseball is
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The History of Softball PHEC 202 Table of Contents 1. History of Softball 2. How to play Softball 3. Equipment needed to play a game. 4. Diagram of a Softball field 5. Bibliography Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Softball is one of America’s favorite pastimes. Softball is now a very popular game that originated in Chicago‚ but it didn’t become popular over night. The game is said the be
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The History of Softball Softball originated in Chicago on Thanksgiving Day‚ 1887. A group of about twenty young men had gathered in the gymnasium of the Farragut Boat Club in order to hear the outcome of the Harvard-Yale football game. After Yale’s victory was announced and bets were paid off‚ a man picked up a stray boxing glove and threw it at someone‚ who hit it with a pole. George Hancock‚ usually considered the inventor of softball‚ shouted‚ "Let’s play ball!" He tied the boxing glove so
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for a Softball Player Possibly one of the most overlooked sports‚ due to its male competition of baseball‚ softball flies under most radars‚ as baseball appears to be the harder sport due to the flame throwing‚ power hitting and defensive specialists of the MLB. Although‚ softball is equally as hard as baseball in just about every aspect. Due to the sports being similar in style and how the game is played‚ the keys for a player are just about the same‚ if not the same. 5 Keys for a Softball Player:
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: A 24 year old recent college graduate comes to you to improve her performance at her favorite sport‚ softball. She is the catcher. She has a family history of high blood pressure. She does not have any past medical history. She is has a BMI of 26‚ she has no issues with her blood sugar or cholesterol. She does report excruciating pain 2 days after playing softball‚ usually just in her quadriceps‚ which causes her to miss 1-2 practices per week. She is technically overweight according to her
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Compare and Contrast Baseball and softball are similar in many ways but at the same time they are very different. To begin with‚ they are both played on a ball field‚ known to most baseball or softball players as the ballpark. The ball field for both consist of four bases that form a square‚ also known as a diamond. On a baseball field the bases are ninety feet apart‚ compared to sixty or sixty-five feet on a softball diamond. Both are played with a bat and ball; however‚
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Do you know how a softball game works? Softball originated in 1887from a football game. In 1934 universal rues was devolved for the game. Softball has become a popular sport‚with more then 40 million Americans play each year. Softball is a structured game with many rules and several positions. You have not at least nine players on a softball team. On the field you have three baseman: first‚second‚ and third base. A shortstop plays in between second and third base. You also have a pitcher
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Running Head: Baseball vs. Softball Bridgette Henderson AIU Online Course: English Composition 1 Instructor: Errol Sull Date: April 17‚ 2013 Introduction Baseball is a very competitive sport as is mainly enjoyed by men; however we also have a sport called softball which is played mainly by females. The sport of baseball and softball are almost identical in a lot of ways. This essay will compare and contrast baseball vs. softball by discussing the similarities and the differences of
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We can relate physics to softball in many different ways. It is actually hard to not think about the game of softball without some physics in mind. Specifically‚ the ideas of momentum and energy helps define the way softball works and why it works. Momentum Running: When running the bases in softball‚ there is a lot more to it then the average person would think. While we run the bases‚ we are changing our momentum by applying more force‚ the force of friction‚ onto the ground which causes more
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Many sports have many similarities and differences. My favorite sports are bowling and softball. Bowling and softball are both very similar and different in many ways. Bowling and softball both use teamwork. In both sports I need to cheer my teammates on to encourage them whether they are up to bat or up on the lane. Communication is also a big part of teamwork. In bowling‚ it is important to communicate with my teammates so they know how the lanes are or where they should throw the ball to adjust
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