 You can run through home plate and not be out (same goes for baseball)

 You can also run through 1 st base just like home plate  Good catchers are good for 1 st base

 The 2 nd base woman needs to be 1 foot away from the base for a fair game

 The 3 rd base woman has to be like 2 nd, 1 foot away

 The mound is flat not like a bump. Baseball’s mound is like a bump. NOT SOFTBALL

 Kids under 10 : bases are 55ft (16.77 meters)  Home plate and pitchers mound:35ft (10.67 meters)  Edge of the outfield: 150ft (43.77meters)  An adult field : 265ft (80.77meters)  Batters box: 7ft long 3ft wide

 There are 7 innings in softball there are 9 in base ball  When you have had a chance to bat and score that is 1 inning

 There are 5 slides:  Bent leg (used for young players)  Stand up  Decoy  Hook  Head first

 Your body should be toward the target you are throwing at when throwing  Over hand throwing goes long distances  Relay throw is also called “hitting the cut off man”  You need to move under a fly ball to catch it

3 parts of a bat  Knob  Reach  Barrel 3 grips for a bat Power Regular Choke

 The first game: 1887  Had many names: kittenball, Mushball, Indoor-Outdoor, Playgroundball, and more  In 1926 it was named softball  1933 was the year a meeting was held to set the rules

 There are 9 players on a team if fewer than that team has to forfiet

 They defend the area around the bases

 These individuals “back up” the infielders

 The equipment used in softball are: gloves, mits, batting helmets, and catchers protective equpiment

 The wind up pitch is the most used in the sport

 The reason I chose softball is because I love the sport

 Does anyone have any questions?

hope you enjoyed my power point about my nonfiction report, softball