Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (28 to 30.5 centimeters) in circumference, is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat (usually wooden or metal). Scoring is accomplished by the batter running and touching a series of three markers on the ground called bases, and then touching the final marker, called home plate. Softball is a direct descendant of baseball, which is sometimes referred to as hardball to distinguish the two, but differs from it in several ways (see Comparison of baseball and softball). This article assumes no knowledge of baseball.

The sport's governing body, the International Softball Federation holds world championships, held every four years, in several categories.

Types of softball

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There are three general forms of softball: slow pitch, fast pitch, and modified pitch.

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i want to smash some snow banks with my softball bat
Buttscratcher2 (Matthew Schnieder) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:01:53 -0000
i want to smash some snow banks with my softball bat
Hmm well this sucks. Now I'm not lookin forward to school anymore, the only things are softball and countin down the days till I graduate!(:
HannahFlowerG (Hannah Greer) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:01:22 -0000
Hmm well this sucks. Now I'm not lookin forward to school anymore, the only things are softball and countin down the days till I graduate!(:
softball practice tonight. YAYY! hanging out wit da homiiess
kauiohh (brittney alapai) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:59:41 -0000
softball practice tonight. YAYY! hanging out wit da homiiess
TBS cages are about played out. They're convert #4 to softball only. Did run into Nick's old travel ball coach; Martin.
cjansen (Conrad Jansen) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:59:11 -0000
TBS cages are about played out. They're convert #4 to softball only. Did run into Nick's old travel ball coach; Martin.
@sahans Really? I SU-uck at softball.. varsity bball and volleyball tho so go figure??
CarissaRogers (Carissa Rogers) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:58:33 -0000
@sahans Really? I SU-uck at softball.. varsity bball and volleyball tho so go figure??
Post Edited: Softball Coaching Tips – Keeping the Fun in Softball (http://bit.ly/6Gk98S)
forhobbyhowto (HobbyHowTo) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:55:55 -0000
Post Edited: Softball Coaching Tips – Keeping the Fun in Softball (http://bit.ly/6Gk98S)

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