what is the history on softball?
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some girl was like\ney y cant i play baseball so she did and she clled it softball
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Women played baseball during WW2 and did OK, but not as good as the guys.  In Softball the fields are smaller (60 foot bases, 200+ foot fences, and about 45 foot pitching mound) and the women can play very well.  Fast pitch is many times faster to react to on the shorter mound than the baseball.  There were some attempt recently to have women pro teams on a baseball field, but it never was successful.  It is harder for them to cover the 90 foot bases and 400+ fences and pitch the 60 foot distance.
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Ever heard of Google? Type 'Lacrosse' and you'll find:\n\nBRIEF HISTORY\nWith a history that spans centuries, lacrosse is the oldest sport in North America. Rooted in Native American religion, lacrosse was often played to resolve conflicts, heal the sick, and develop strong, virile men. To Native Americans, lacrosse is still referred to as "The Creator's Game." \n\nIronically, lacrosse also served as a preparation for war. Legend tells of as many as 1,000 players per side, from the same or different tribes, who took turns engaging in a violent contest. Contestants played on a field from one to 15 miles in length, and games sometimes lasted for days. Some tribes used a single pole, tree or rock for a goal, while other tribes had two goalposts through which the ball had to pass. Balls were made out of wood, deerskin, baked clay or stone.\n\nThe evolution of the Native American game into modern lacrosse began in 1636 when Jean de Brebeuf, a Jesuit missionary, documented a Huron contest in what is now southeast Ontario, Canada. At that time, some type of lacrosse was played by at least 48 Native American tribes scattered throughout what is now southern Canada and all parts of the United States. French pioneers began playing the game avidly in the 1800s. Canadian dentist W. George Beers standardized the game in 1867 with the adoption of set field dimensions, limits to the number of players per team and other basic rules.\n\nNew York University fielded the nation's first college team in 1877, and Philips Academy, Andover (Massachusetts), Philips Exeter Academy (New Hampshire) and the Lawrenceville School (New Jersey) were the nation's first high school teams in 1882. There are 400 college and 1,200 high school men's lacrosse teams from coast to coast.\n\nThe first women's lacrosse game was played in 1890 at the St. Leonard's School in Scotland. Although an attempt was made to start women's lacrosse at Sweet Briar College in Virginia in 1914, it was not until 1926 that Miss Rosabelle Sinclair established the first women's lacrosse team in the United States at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Maryland.\n\nMen's and women's lacrosse were played under virtually the same rules, with no protective equipment, until the mid-1930s. At that time, men's lacrosse began evolving dramatically, while women's lacrosse continued to remain true to the game's original rules. Men's and women's lacrosse remain derivations of the same game today, but are played under different rules. Women's rules limit stick contact, prohibit body contact and, therefore, require little protective equipment. Men's lacrosse rules allow some degree of stick and body contact, although violence is neither condoned nor allowed.\n\nField lacrosse is sometimes perceived to be a violent and dangerous game, however, injury statistics prove otherwise. While serious injuries can and do occur in lacrosse, the game has evolved with an emphasis on safety, and the rate of injury is comparatively low. Ensuring the safety of participants is a major focus for US Lacrosse and its Sports Science and Safety Committee, which researches injury data in the sport and makes recommendations to make the game as safe as practicable.
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Ummm, well you could do the internet search, or just get the official softball rulebook.  Both are good.
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Yes softball is being dropped in the 2012 Olympics but I think that it will be reinstated into the 2016 Olympics once they get a different president of the IOC. All there reasons can be argued.\n \nThe IOC said they were going to get rid of these two sports to make the games smaller and less costly.  Then why did they try to fill up these two open spaces with golf, rugby, squash, karate, or roller sports. None of these sports received enough votes to be added to the Olympic Games. This tells me that the IOC was not actually trying to make the games smaller.\n\nAnother reason that IOC dropped softball was because of the United States domination in the sport. Yes, it is true that the United States have won the past 3 gold medals, but the only way the other international teams are going to get better is to play the best in the world. In the 2005 World Cup of Softball, Japan won the tournament. They beat the United States in the championship game, 3-1. Canada also beat the United States in pool play in a close game. According to these results, the United States is less dominating now. \n\nSoftball does not have enough of a worldwide appeal. That is why there are currently 127 countries playing softball. Not all of them are developed into excellent softball teams, but they are playing the game. The only way they are going to get better is to play. The problem is that softball is not a popular sport in Europe. Europeans mainly dominate the IOC. Softball is more popular in the Americas and Asia. They don’t have as big of an influence on the IOC. 60% of the IOC executive board is European. Less than 15% is from the Americas and 20% is from Asia. \n\nSoftball is closely related to baseball which I believe hurt them in the IOC’s decision. The IOC just assumed that softball had problems with steroids like baseball does. Softball is one of the few sports left that have never had a positive drug testing in the Olympics or World Championships. \n\nBaseball players have dreams of playing in the Major League. Softball players dream about playing for the Olympic team. Many young women and girls dream about playing for their country’s team in the Olympics. The IOC shattered millions of these dreams. It is not just American girls that are upset either. Many young women from all over the world are upset about the decision. I am one of them. I too want to play in the Olympics. I have played softball since I was 6. I started playing varsity softball as a freshmen.
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ain't nuthin soft about a softball!!! I umpire both games, and they each hurt!\n\nThe "soft" part  refers to the way the game was originally played, and that was a "soft" toss, or pitch. Baseball actually began as this soft type of pitch, and both sports evolved into what we have today.
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Go to this site and poke around a bit. Lots of good softball stuff there. There is also a tips and drills area, look for it, it should give you what you need.\n\nhttp://eteamz.active.com/fastpitch/boards/fastpitch/
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LMAO @ the number of ignorant people who think softball is mainly for women.\n\nGet your brain box out of your butts. 70-80 mph pitching from 43-46 ft from home plate would spin most of your heads.\n\nA few years back there was a mens softball team which exhibition toured the USA and Canada. This team played with only 4 men and never lost. The pitcher would pitch one inning from second base instead of from the pitchers circle and most nights he would strike out the side.
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Girls play softball because it is easier for them to hit a big ball... Men have always played baseball and find it too easy to play softball....
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That's hard! I played all of those in school too.\n\nI played softball for 5 years, volleyball for 7, and basketball for 2. \n\nI'd say volleyball!
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Start with people you know....I coach a women's leagur softball team in KY. If this is your first time coaching, sometimes the parks or recreation centers will give you names of people who play....Also, here, we can go to the park on ANY saturday and there are tons of people just playing ball for fun. Talk to some of them too.
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I had to do this before this should help.\n\nhttp://www.sportsknowhow.com/volleyball/history/volleyball-history.shtml
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Try http://www.ncaasports.com/ or participating schools website or http://www.softballoutlet.com/.\n\nGood Luck!
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i do, i have played fastpitch for half of my life.  i am 14 and have played since i was 7.  i am going to try out 4 high school ball next year.  softball is the best sport out there, y do they not have a softball part of this site. they have baseball.  i guess they think baseball is more important, which is wrong, i hate it when softball gets seconded to baseball.  it just aint fair.  but i still lvoe it. how about u, u like fastpitch?
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check out http://www.softballspunk.com/  and http://www.softballcorner.com/Softballcheers.asp?typ=s&srt=1
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The size and weight of the ball effects the aerodynamics...\n\nAlso, until recently, baseball was exclusive to younger males, and softball was for both genders, of all ages, as well as co-ed participation...
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http://www.softball.com/\nhttp://www.softball.net/main/\nhttp://www.softballtoday.com/\nhope it helps!