what are the rules in playing softball?
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http://www.ncaa.org/library/rules/2005/2005_softball_rules.pdf#search='softball%20rules'
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http://www.mlb.com/rules
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Play sports and learn to be the best at it what ever you do. I play high school sports and college level. At first I did it to get friends and have something to do but to be honest my grads went up, my esteem went up and life was good. So my sugestion do it go play and kick some but it feels great. Playing softball will actually make you quite the opposite of a dork.
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I would go to the Yahoo Fantasy Sports Home Page at http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/. \nEach game has a link for rules.
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Best Answer - Chosen By Voters\n\n1. Hide the ball in your glove. \n\n2. Grip the ball with your middle and index fingers perpendicular to the seams at their widest point, with your thumb underneath the ball. \n\n3. Spread your top fingers apart slightly and keep your ring finger and pinkie tucked into your palm. (Image 1) \n\n4. Hold the ball firmly, applying pressure with your middle finger and thumb. Try not to let the ball rest in the palm of your hand, and keep your index finger relaxed. (Image 2) \n\n5. Wind up into the pitch. Use the same pitching motion as in your other pitches so that the batter cannot predict a curveball. (Image 3) \n\n6. Keep your wrist relaxed. After drawing back the pitch, hold your wrist so that the back of your hand points toward your body. (Image 4) \n\n7. Roll your wrist downward and to the right (if you are right-handed) or to the left (if you're left-handed) immediately before releasing the pitch. (Image 5) \n\n8. Release the pitch and follow through by bending your wrist. A right-hander should finish with the palm facing in toward the chest. The top of your thumb should be facing up. \n\n9. Throw the ball between the batter and home plate if you're a left-handed pitcher facing a left-handed batter or if you're a right-handed pitcher facing a right-handed batter.
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A classic myth is that softball is full of lesbians - an idea that emerged from one of the great pillars of intelligence, the U.S. Army, which historically conducted its witchhunts for lesbians by heading for the softball games. \nIt is true that lesbians play softball, even lots of lesbians; but many straight women play softball too. In total softball gear, it is hard to tell who is this, that, or the other thing: They all look like softball players.
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If you mean USSSA do a search, they publish their rules online. They are not very comprehensive though.\n\nIf you mean ASA, or USA softball, those must be purchased from an ASA commisioner. Go to the ASA website (search ASA Softball) for more info. \n\nYou can also check in some sporting goods stores, I have seen the previous years books in some.
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http://www.thecoachingcorner.com/soccer/game_rules.html\n\ntoo many rules to put on the page so here is a website for you, hope it helps
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1.10 (a) The bat shall be a smooth, round stick not more than 2 3/4 inches in diameter at the thickest part and not more than 42 inches in length. The bat shall be one piece of solid wood.\n\n(b) Cupped Bats. An indentation in the end of the bat up to one inch in depth is permitted and may be no wider than two inches and no less than one inch in diameter. The indentation must be curved with no foreign substance added.\n\n(c) The bat handle, for not more than 18 inches from its end, may be covered or treated with any material or substance to improve the grip. Any such material or substance, which extends past the 18 inch limitation, shall cause the bat to be removed from the game.\n\nNOTE: If the umpire discovers that the bat does not conform to (c) above until a time during or after which the bat has been used in play, it shall not be grounds for declaring the batter out, or ejected from the game.\n\n(d) No colored bat may be used in a professional game unless approved by the Rules Committee.
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(m)\n\nThe basic rules of the game of volleyball are actually quite simple. A team must score 15 points to win a game. However, a team must win by at least two points. For example, a game that is at 15-14 must continue until one team has a two point lead. Depending on the age level or league, either the best two-of-three or the best three-of-five games wins the match.\n\nOnly the team serving the ball can score a point. If they score, they continue serving. If they fail to score, a "side out" is called and the other team gets the serve. The game is played with six players on a side, three in the front and three in the back. The player on the right side in the back row is the server.\n\nUnlike other sports, in volleyball a player gets to play all six positions. Each time the team gets the ball back to serve, the players rotate one position. They move clockwise during the entire match. Which ever player moves into the right back position, gets to be the next server.\n\nThe server must hit the ball either underhand or overhand with one hand from the serving area, behind the endline. The ball must clear the net and come down in bounds on the other side. It cannot touch the net, or a player on the server's side. If the serve is good, and the other team fails to return it, the serving team gets a point and the same player serves again. If the serve is not good, or the serving team fails to return the ball, the other team gets a "side out" and also gets the serve. They do not score a point.\n\nThe ball must always be hit before it lands on the court. Each team is allowed up to three hits to return the ball, however the third hit must put the ball over the net. A player is not allowed to hit the ball twice in a row. The ball may be hit with the hands, fists, arms, or any part of the body from the waist up. Catching, scooping or carrying the ball are all not allowed. Some of the most common fouls are reaching over the net to play a ball, a player crossing the center line when the ball is in play, touching the net during play, and a player out of position on the court
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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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If you really mean softball (and not baseball), there are typically 10 players in the field, not nine.  \n\nThe infield is the same as regular baseball: \n-pitcher - pitches the ball to the batter, located on the mound in the middle of the infield, will sometimes cover first base in the even of a ground ball to the right side\n-catcher - receives the ball from the pitcher, croutches behind home plate, covers home\n-first - covers the area around first base, covers the bag especially on groundballs to get the runner out\n-second - covers the area on the left side up the middle, sometimes covers second base in the event of a steal or possible double play\n-third - covers the area around third base\n- shortstop - compliment to the second baseman on the left side of the infield, also covers second in the event of a stolen base or double play\n\nThe difference between baseball and softball is in the outfield.  You typically see one of two set-ups: \n1) left, left-center, right-center, and right fielders, - all of these patrol their given area of the outfield\nOR \n2) left, center, right and short fielder (who plays a short outfield and shades on the side of second base where the batter would hit normally, i.e. right field for a lefty and left field for a righty, also called a rover).
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Baseball is played for nine innings.  Each inning has a top and a bottom, the home team always batting in the bottom.  If, at the end of the top of the ninth the home team is winning, the game is over.  All they can do is add to their lead, so there is no need to continue the game.  The home team won.  If, however, there is a tie at the end of the ninth, extra innings will be played.  The game will not end until a team has a better score at the end of any given inning.  These rules have never been any different to my knowledge.
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WIN:\n(1) Pitcher must pitch at least 5 innings.\n(2) Pitcher must pitch all of next half inning to qualify if team takes lead after 5 innings. (i.e. if home team takes lead in bottom of 6th, the pitcher must get all 3 outs in top 7th in order to win)\n***if not, the pitcher who gets the final out gets the win.***\n\nLOSS:\n(1) When leaving the game, pitcher's team is losing or was responsible for the winning run (as in he left with a man on base)\n\nSAVE:\n(1) The last pitcher to pitch for the winning team, but cannot be the winning pitcher.\n(2) Either enters the game with a lead of no more than three and pitches a full inning or gets the final out with the tying run on base or at the plate or he pitches for the three last innings.\n\nHOLD:\n(1) Relief pitcher enters the game in a save situation, and leaves with the game still in a save situation.
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Its the rules of the game.
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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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GENERAL\n\n1) SELECTION OF COACHES\n\na) Must be approved by  Softball Committee.\n\nb) It is recommended that new coaches serve at least one year as an assistant before becoming a head coach.\n\nc) Coaches should possess good rapport with children and be fundamentally sound coaches.\n\nd) Assistant parent-coaches will coach on the team that their child is assigned.\n\n2) SELECTION OF TEAMS\n\na) All new players must try-out and be rated by the coaches, from A-D.\n\nb) Teams are chosen by the coaches to be as even as possible.\n\nc) The teams are numbered and the coaches draw for their team.\n\nd) Players of parent-coaches are traded for equally rated players.\n\ne) Every effort will be made so that each team has a child that has a parent that will serve as an assistant coach.\n\n3) COACHES/PLAYERS DISCIPLINE\n\na) Any action by players or coaches that is detrimental to the league shall be reviewed by the  Softball Committee.\n\nb) Players or coaches shall have the opportunity to explain their actions.\n\nc) TheSoftball Committee has the right to reprimand as follows:\n\ni) First offense – Suspension for two (2) consecutive games.\n\nii) Second offense – possible expulsion from league.\n\nd) The Softball Committee’s decision is final.\n\n4) ALL-STARS\n\na) COACH SELECTION\n\ni) The head coach of the All-Star team shall be determined by a vote among all head coaches of the respective age group and theSoftball Committee.\n\nii) Assistant coaches shall be the two top vote-getters of the remaining head coaches.\n\nb) PLAYER SELECTION\n\ni) Each head coach nominates players that they feel should be given consideration.\n\nii) Players are chosen by majority vote of the head coaches of their respective league.\n\niii) The proceedings are mediated by one or more league officials.\n\niv) All-Star teams/coaches are announced at closing ceremonies.\n\n5) COACH/TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES\n\na) The head coach of the first game home team is responsible for the following:\n\ni) Preparing the field for play – drag and lime.\n\nii) Placing equipment on the field – this should be done once and the equipment building should be locked.\n\nb) The head coach of the second game home team is responsible for the following:\n\ni) Repairing any major damage to the playing field with rakes and/or drags – especially the pitchers mound.\n\nii) Placing all equipment back into the equipment building – all equipment should be placed in the proper place.\n\niii) Turn off all lights.\n\nc) The visiting team of each game will be responsible for policing the grounds after their respective game and picking up all trash.\n\nd) The home team will supply the balls for each game.\n\ne) There shall be no food and/or drinks allowed in the dugouts. The only allowed drinks shall be in coolers provided by the coaches or in water bottles brought by the players.\n\nf) Defensive coaches must stay behind the fences in front of the dugout at all times unless the head umpire has called time to allow the coach onto the field.\n\ng) All players not on the field in a defensive position, the batter, or on-deck batter must stay inside the dugout at all times. Players shall not be allowed to stand at the fence with the coaches.\n\n6) RAINOUTS AND POSTPONEMENT\n\na) Prior to the start of each game the head umpire and a league official will decide whether the game should be played. Their decision is final. After a game begins, the head umpire will make all decisions pertaining to continuation of play. He/She may delay or postpone based on their judgment. See your rulebooks for the lengths of official games due to weather for each respective age group.\n\nb) Rescheduling of postponed games is to be done by the  Softball Committee in conjunction with theYouth Board. Policy is to make up the games during the same week of the rainout if possible. No team will be required to play a doubleheader to make up a game if possible. All remaining rain games not made up by the end of the sea