softballsoftball

SkillsSkillsCatching and Fielding- above waist and below waist- ground balls and fly balls

Throwing- Over arm or underarm

Pitching- basic offensive skill includes grip, stance, stride, and swing

TermsTermsBase on balls- batter to advance to first

base by the umpire calling four pitches outside the strike zone

Defense team- team on the fieldDouble- two base hitDouble play- defensive play results in

two outs as a result of continuous actionError- mishandling of the ball by the

defense teamFair ball- ball hit within the area

boundaries of the field first, second, third base

Fly ball- any ball batted into the air

Foul tip- foul ball which goes directly from the bat, not higher than the batter’s head, to the catcher’s hand and is legally caught

Force Out- runner is forced to move- may tag runner or touch base

Home run- ball batted into fair territory which enable the batter to all four bases in one play

Infield- portion of the field which is included within the diamond made by the baseline

Infield Fly- fair fly ball which can be caught with ordinary effort when first and second or first, second, and third bases are occupied before two are out.

offensive team- team at batFoul Ball- ball hit outside of the baseline.

determined by:◦ infield- where it rests◦ outfield- where it first hits

The GameThe GameThe choice of the first or last bat in the inning shall be decided by a toss of a coin

The winner of the game shall be the team that scores the most runs in the allotted amount of innings

One run shall be scored each time a base runner legally touches first, second, third base and home plate before the third out of the inning

STRIKE- STRIKE- CALLED WHEN ONE OF CALLED WHEN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS OCCURSOCCURS

Batter swings at a pitched ball and misses

Pitched ball is delivered over home plate between the back shoulder and knees

Fly ball goes foul and is not caught, and the batter has less than two strikes

Foul tip that remains lower than the batter’s head is caught by the catcher

Batter with less than two strikes is hit by her own batted ball

Ball- a ball is any of Ball- a ball is any of the following:the following:

a pitched ball that does not go over the plate in the strike zone and at which the batter does not swing

a ball that touches the ground before reaching home plate

illegally pitched ball

Fair ball- is a legally Fair ball- is a legally batted ball that:batted ball that:settles or is touched on fair ground in the infield

is on fair ground going out of the infield

touches first, second, or third base, lands in the outfield in fair territory between the extended lines from home to first and home and third

ground ball that lands in the outfield in foul territory but has passed over the 1st and 3rd base bags.

Foul ball- batted Foul ball- batted ball is foul if:ball is foul if:settles in foul territory between home and first base or between home and third

first touches on foul ground beyond first or third base

bounds past first or third on or over foul ground

Batting Batting batter is out when:batter is out when:

third strike is committedbunts foul after the second strikea foul ball is legally caughtwhen a foul tip is caught at third strike first, second, and third with less than 2 outs. Runner ay advance at own risk

the fielder intentionally drops a fair fly or line drive with first, first and second, or first, second and third occupied before 2 are out. Runner need not retouch and may advance at their own risk

DefenseDefense

know the number of outs and the positions of the base runners

know what will be done in the field for all the different situations and have someone call the number of outs and the plays available

less than 2 outs, the play should be on the lead, runner when possible.

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OffenseOffenseanytime there are 2 outs with runners on bas, the runner should run on “anything/ any hit”( fly ball included). If a fly ball is hit and caught it would be the third out and if dropped the runners could have advanced or possibly scored

Base runnerBase runnermust ouch bases in legal order: first,

second, third and home plate. May over run first base only. turns toward second, she may be tagged

batter become a base runner◦as soon as she hits a fair ball◦when four balls have been called by the umpire

◦when the catcher interferes with or prevents her from striking at a pitched ball

◦she is hit by a pitched ball while she is in the batter’s box. It does not matter if the ball strikes the ground before hitting her.

base runner is out when:base runner is out when:a. catcher drops the third strike but the a. catcher drops the third strike but the runner is touched with the ball by a fielder runner is touched with the ball by a fielder before touching first basebefore touching first baseb. ball reaches first base and is caught and b. ball reaches first base and is caught and held before the runner reaches baseheld before the runner reaches basec. tagged with the ball before reaching first c. tagged with the ball before reaching first base or at any time when not in contact with a base or at any time when not in contact with a basebased. her fly ball is caughtd. her fly ball is caughte. interferes with a fielder trying to field a balle. interferes with a fielder trying to field a ballf. running to any base, she runs more than 3 f. running to any base, she runs more than 3 feet outside a baselinefeet outside a baselineg. she is forced out at baseg. she is forced out at baseh. she passes a base runnerh. she passes a base runneri. fails to return to her base before the ball i. fails to return to her base before the ball reaches the baseman following a fair fly that reaches the baseman following a fair fly that is caughtis caughtj. leaves her base before the ball leaves the j. leaves her base before the ball leaves the pitcher’s handpitcher’s handk. she is hit by a fair batted ball while off base k. she is hit by a fair batted ball while off base before it is touches by or passes a fielderbefore it is touches by or passes a fielder

Advance for base Advance for base runnerrunnerOn a fair ball with chance of being put

outafter fair of foul fly is caughtbase runner must advance to make room on base for a batter who has walked

one base when fielder interferes with runner

advance one base on an overthrow into foul territory

advance any number of bases when ball is overthrown into fair territory