NFHS SOFTBALL TESTS 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Fair ball touches a runner;
a) Before it touches a fielder
b) After it passes any fielder other than the P and another fielder has a play - ✔✔a) Hit
Runner is out
b) Batter awarded 1st base (and a hit)
c) Runners return to base occupied at time of interference
✔✔Blocked Ball - ✔✔A live ball (pitched/batted/thrown) which is
touched/stopped/handled:
a) by a person not engaged in the game
b) by loose equipment
c) by any object not part of official equipment or playing area
✔✔Thrown Ball (Not Pitch) becomes a blocked ball (5-1-1g) - ✔✔Award: 2 bases from
point of release
✔✔Pitched Ball becomes blocked - ✔✔Award: 1 base from time of pitch
✔✔Fair/Foul ball is caught by a fielder who then leaves live ball area with 1 or both feet
(5-1-1i) - ✔✔Award all runners 1 base from time ball became dead (unless it is 3rd out)
✔✔Infield fly - ✔✔a fair fly (not including a line drive or an attempted bunt) which can be
caught by an infielder with ordinary effort (rule does not preclude outfielders from being
allowed to make the catch); and must be less than 2 out with first and second base or
all bases are occupied
✔✔Offensive Interference - ✔✔is interference (physical or verbal) by the team at bat, or:
1) when a runner creates malicious contact with any fielder with or without the ball, in or
out of the baseline
2) when a coach physically assists a runner during playing action.
✔✔Obstruction - ✔✔Obstruction is:
1) the act of a defensive team member which hinders a runner or changes the pattern
of play
2) when a catcher or fielder hinders a batter unless the fielder is in possession of the
ball or making an initial play on a batted ball.
**The act may be intentional or unintentional, physical or verbal
✔✔Catcher Obstruction - ✔✔when a catcher hinders or prevents a batter from swinging
at a pitch.
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Fair ball touches a runner;
a) Before it touches a fielder
b) After it passes any fielder other than the P and another fielder has a play - ✔✔a) Hit
Runner is out
b) Batter awarded 1st base (and a hit)
c) Runners return to base occupied at time of interference
✔✔Blocked Ball - ✔✔A live ball (pitched/batted/thrown) which is
touched/stopped/handled:
a) by a person not engaged in the game
b) by loose equipment
c) by any object not part of official equipment or playing area
✔✔Thrown Ball (Not Pitch) becomes a blocked ball (5-1-1g) - ✔✔Award: 2 bases from
point of release
✔✔Pitched Ball becomes blocked - ✔✔Award: 1 base from time of pitch
✔✔Fair/Foul ball is caught by a fielder who then leaves live ball area with 1 or both feet
(5-1-1i) - ✔✔Award all runners 1 base from time ball became dead (unless it is 3rd out)
✔✔Infield fly - ✔✔a fair fly (not including a line drive or an attempted bunt) which can be
caught by an infielder with ordinary effort (rule does not preclude outfielders from being
allowed to make the catch); and must be less than 2 out with first and second base or
all bases are occupied
✔✔Offensive Interference - ✔✔is interference (physical or verbal) by the team at bat, or:
1) when a runner creates malicious contact with any fielder with or without the ball, in or
out of the baseline
2) when a coach physically assists a runner during playing action.
✔✔Obstruction - ✔✔Obstruction is:
1) the act of a defensive team member which hinders a runner or changes the pattern
of play
2) when a catcher or fielder hinders a batter unless the fielder is in possession of the
ball or making an initial play on a batted ball.
**The act may be intentional or unintentional, physical or verbal
✔✔Catcher Obstruction - ✔✔when a catcher hinders or prevents a batter from swinging
at a pitch.
