Softball Rules ACTUAL UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
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1. what was softball originally? indoor version of baseball
and eventually converted
to an outdoor game.
2. what is the object of the game? score more runs than the
opposing team
3. how many players are on an official softball team? nine
4. how many teams compete? two
5. what is significant about the batting order/lineup? it is predetermined
6. how many innings does an official game have? seven innings
7. who bats at the top of an inning? visiting team
8. who bats at the bottom of an inning? home team
9. what is the first half of an inning called? top of the inning
10. what is the second half of an inning called? bottom of the inning
11. how long does an inning last? no set time - each half of
an inning continues until
the defense accumulates
three outs
12. what happens if theres a tie after seven innings? game goes into extra in-
nings and continues until
one team holds a lead at
the end of an inning
13. how many steps may a pitcher take? one
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, Softball Rules ACTUAL UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
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14. how must the ball be thrown? underhand
15. where must hands be at start of pitch? both hands must be on the
ball
16. what base may you over run? first base
17. when is a batter out? They hit the ball and it's
caught while it's in the air
(even if it's caught in foul
territory), when 3 strikes
have been called.
18. how far can you run from the baseline? three feet
19. how is the field divided? infield (inside base lines)
outfield (outside base
lines but inside playing
field)
20. when is a runner out? they are hit by a batted ball
while off a base, a field-
er tags her with the ball
when they're not touching
a base, they run more than
3 feet out of the baseline
to avoid being tagged, a
fielder with the ball tags
a base at which there is
a force play before the
forced runner reaches the
base, they fail to tag up
and is thrown out, they run
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Answers
1. what was softball originally? indoor version of baseball
and eventually converted
to an outdoor game.
2. what is the object of the game? score more runs than the
opposing team
3. how many players are on an official softball team? nine
4. how many teams compete? two
5. what is significant about the batting order/lineup? it is predetermined
6. how many innings does an official game have? seven innings
7. who bats at the top of an inning? visiting team
8. who bats at the bottom of an inning? home team
9. what is the first half of an inning called? top of the inning
10. what is the second half of an inning called? bottom of the inning
11. how long does an inning last? no set time - each half of
an inning continues until
the defense accumulates
three outs
12. what happens if theres a tie after seven innings? game goes into extra in-
nings and continues until
one team holds a lead at
the end of an inning
13. how many steps may a pitcher take? one
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, Softball Rules ACTUAL UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
14. how must the ball be thrown? underhand
15. where must hands be at start of pitch? both hands must be on the
ball
16. what base may you over run? first base
17. when is a batter out? They hit the ball and it's
caught while it's in the air
(even if it's caught in foul
territory), when 3 strikes
have been called.
18. how far can you run from the baseline? three feet
19. how is the field divided? infield (inside base lines)
outfield (outside base
lines but inside playing
field)
20. when is a runner out? they are hit by a batted ball
while off a base, a field-
er tags her with the ball
when they're not touching
a base, they run more than
3 feet out of the baseline
to avoid being tagged, a
fielder with the ball tags
a base at which there is
a force play before the
forced runner reaches the
base, they fail to tag up
and is thrown out, they run
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