distance between pitcher and catcher for fastpitch softball, 12 year olds?
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According to ASA rules, the distance from the mound to the plate is 40 feet.
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According to the NCAA rule book:\n\n"The nearer edge of the pitcher's plate shall be 43 feet from the back point of home plate."
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I would look for a 13 inch Rawlings. Rawlings make great gloves and 13 inches is good for an outfielder especially in softball where the balls are big. Make sure you by a cream or something to break it in and make it soft and easy to squeez or else, like all gloves, it will be hard to use.
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Lefties suck at infield, if u want to play and be successful make the switch to outfield. i have been playing outfield for 2 years and i absolutely love it, as u get older more balls will be hit into the outfield, there is no better feeling in baseball then making a diving catch...Have fun kid
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ok i see pretty much everyone gave you the details about dat but i'm going to give you all the numbers to the players it will kiss your confusion good bye... \n\n1. Pitcher\n2. Catcher\n3. 1st baseman\n4. 2nd baseman\n5. 3rd baseman \n6. Short stop\n7. Left Field \n8. Center Field\n9. Right Field\n\nhope this helps
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being a first baseman myself, my advice would be that the most important skill is to be able to catch balls in the dirt - mostly bad throws from 2B, SS, 3B. another is the stretch to catch the ball. tall isnt as important as long - being able to reach out and catch the ball the earliest possible. quickness isnt really an issue, you only need to move 15 feet MAX to either side.
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1.04\nTHE PLAYING FIELD. The field shall be laid out according to the instructions below, supplemented by Diagrams No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 on adjoining pages. The infield shall be a 90-foot square. The outfield shall be the area between two foul lines formed by extending two sides of the square, as in Diagram 1. The distance from home base to the nearest fence, stand or other obstruction on fair territory shall be 250 feet or more. A distance of 320 feet or more along the foul lines, and 400 feet or more to center field is preferable. The infield shall be graded so that the base lines and home plate are level. The pitcher's plate shall be 10 inches above the level of home plate. The degree of slope from a point 6 inches in front of the pitcher's plate to a point 6 feet toward home plate shall be 1 inch to 1 foot, and such degree of slope shall be uniform. The infield and outfield, including the boundary lines, are fair territory and all other area is foul territory. It is desirable that the line from home base through the pitchers plate to second base shall run East-Northeast. It is recommended that the distance from home base to the backstop, and from the base lines to the nearest fence, stand or other obstruction on foul territory shall be 60 feet or more. See Diagram 1. When location of home base is determined, with a steel tape measure 127 feet, 338 inches in desired direction to establish second base. From home base, measure 90 feet toward first base; from second base, measure 90 feet toward first base; the intersection of these lines establishes first base. From home base, measure 90 feet toward third base; from second base, measure 90 feet toward third base; the intersection of these lines establishes third base. The distance between first base and third base is 127 feet, 338 inches. All measurements from home base shall be taken from the point where the first and third base lines intersect. The catcher's box, the batters' boxes, the coaches' boxes, the three-foot first base lines and the next batter's boxes shall be laid out as shown in Diagrams 1 and 2. The foul lines and all other playing lines indicated in the diagrams by solid black lines shall be marked with wet, unslaked lime, chalk or other white material. The grass lines and dimensions shown on the diagrams are those used in many fields, but they are not mandatory and each club shall determine the size and shape of the grassed and bare areas of its playing field. NOTE (a) Any Playing Field constructed by a professional club after June 1, 1958, shall provide a minimum distance of 325 feet from home base to the nearest fence, stand or other obstruction on the right and left field foul lines, and a minimum distance of 400 feet to the center field fence. (b) No existing playing field shall be remodeled after June 1, 1958, in such manner as to reduce the distance from home base to the foul poles and to the center field fence below the minimum specified in paragraph (a) above.
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Easton made a bat called the Z-core several years ago...there were -5s and -8s...but i think that was before the rule changes only allowed the use of -3s in college and high school...after the rule change i think easton changed the model name to something else
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1.  Pitcher\n2.  Catcher\n3.  First Base\n4.  Second Base\n5.  Third Base\n6.  Shortstop\n7.  Left Field\n8.  Center Field\n9.  Right Field
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Take a bag of balls find a padded wall somwhere or sturdy fence. Start throwing  balls at it repeatedly. Start from 15 to 20 ft and toss lightly. Move back every little while. Keep throwing. I'm not kidding it sounds silly but I'm serious. Don't get fancy, just throw the ball. Like catch, as you get further you can throw a little harder but don't get crazy. But you'll see that as you go back you start throwing a bit harder involuntarily.\n\nYou'll do two things. Get your arm more durable, and work the muscles you'll use to throw which will increase velocity. Pitching is an unnatural motion you have to develop the muscles you use to throw which don't get used as often in normal circumstances. There's no easy fix. Throw, throw, and when you're done throw some more. Young pitchers don't just throw anymore.\n\nRemember Jim Morris the 35 year old Science teacher who'd had arm surgery and at 35 was throwing 98 MPH, and later pitched for the Devil Rays. How'd he do it? He was throwing batting practice to the kids he was coaching. Just throwing over and over.
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I love Mizuno gloves, though I don't remember using a Mizuno catchers glove when I played catcher. I always used Rawlings catchers gloves in little league up through high school. My outfielders glove is Mizuno and I have had that for almost 20 years. My goodness!! 20 years!!! Am I that old? No, I just got it when I was in Jr High and it's still great.
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I assume the distance from the third-base line is the perpendicular one. Let us call the point T the place where a line drawn from the outfielder to the third-base line and perpendicular to the third-base line meets the third-base line.\n\nHow far is T from home plate? Let's call that distance F.\n\nF = sqrt(200^2 - 120^2)\n\nLet's call the runner's distance from home plate H. Now, how far is the runner from point T? Let's call that distance R.\n\nR = sqrt(200^2 - 120^2) - H\n\nThe distance between the runner and the outfielder is the hypotenuse of a smaller triangle whose sides are R and 120. The distance between the runner and the outfielder is thus\n\nD = sqrt([sqrt(200^2 - 120^2) - H]^2 + 120^2)\n\nWe now have the distance between the runner and the outfielder, D, as a function of the distance between the runner and home plate, H.\n\nTake dD/dH, put in 60 for H, and multiply the result by 25.
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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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I'm not quite sure of the question, but, In JV softball I got a high of 6 strikeouts pitching for half the game.  That was the best thing I can remember from way back then.
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Spend some time on this site;\n\n\nhttp://eteamz.active.com/fastpitch/boards/fastpitch/
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50/70 = 70 foot base paths & 50 feet from Pitchers Rubber to Front of home plate.\n\nLittle League (small diamond) has 60 foot base paths,  Regulation Fields have 90 foot base paths. \n\n50/70 is typically used as a stepping stone between the two, by 12-13 year olds.
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The base paths of a standard softball field are 60 feet long.  The diamond as it is so called has four 60 feet paths and the distance between home plate and second base is a shade over 80 feet.  The pitchers rubber is 40 feet from home plate and generally flat (as opposed to a baseball mound which is raised).  There is no standard size for an outfield and they vary by location. A good rule of thumb would be to have fences that are 180 - 200 feet from home plate on the foul line and 220 to 230 or so in center field.  \n\nHope this is helpful