Softball

This page summarizes Special Olympics' softball related information. Materials and other links will help you better understand how sports contribute to Special Olympics.

Softball is a racquet sports between teams of 10 to 14 players. The goal of each team is to fight against opponents by hitting a ball with a particular bat. There are some important differences, but it is a direct descendant of baseball: softball is bigger than baseball and pitch is lower hand than pitch. This game is played in smaller rhombus than baseball, but despite the name of this game, the standard softball is not soft and in fact it is harder than baseball.

If you know a person playing softball and playing baseball, you may already have talked about whether softball is softer than baseball. So-called softball. Okay, everyone, you are wrong! Softball is as hard as baseball. Do not even let me start talking about how hitting a ball is "easier"! Girls and boys are working on sports! The largest stereotype for most student athletes. Not all of us are athletes! Because student athletes must maintain a certain GPA to qualify for this season campaign, they still need to work. Even if they are absent, the teacher has the same expectation.

Softball is a sport known both in the United States and the world. Softball started in Thanksgiving in Chicago in 1887. It is said that this game started as an indoor game. Softball was launched by a group of people gathered at the club to watch Harvard and Yale football games. When the news were announced and Yale broke Harvard University 17-8, Yale's supporters overcome his enthusiasm, picked up an old boxing glove and threw it to a nearby Harvard college graduate. That's it. As a result, an idea was given to Mr. George Hancock, a reporter of the Chicago Transaction Committee. He proposed to play an indoor baseball game. Of course, Hancock's friends believe that he is talking about playing games outdoors rather than playing games indoors. Show more