SOFTBALL

• Aisyah Sekar Gading P (02)

• Fauzieah Lathifah (09)

• Kuni Embun (14)

• Nasel Puspika (19)

• Sausan Viminda Hibahtullah (22)

 DEFINISI
Softball is a variant of baseball played with a larger
ball on a smaller field. It was invented in 1887 in
Chicago as an indoor game. There are three types of
softball. In the most common type, slow-pitch
softball, the ball, which can measure either 11 or 12
inches in circumference depending on the age and
league, must arch on its path to the batter, and there
are 10 players in a team.
 Fundamental Technique
1. Throwing Ball
a. Overhand Throw
b. Sidehand Throw
c. Underhand Throw
2. Catch the ball
a. Straight ball
b. Gastric ball
c. Ground ball
3. Holding wood bat
4. Hit the ball
a. Swing punch
b. Mashed blow
 Rules
 Field, Players, and Equipment
 The Field - The baselines will be 65 feet. The distance from pitcher's
mound to home plate will be 50 feet.
 The Players - A team must have 9 players to start or to continue a game
with the maximum of 10 players (not including an EP - SEE LAST
RULE UNDER BATTING).
 Substitutes - A player is officially in the game when his/her name has
been entered on the official score sheet. Once a player leaves the line-up,
he/she may re-enter the game.
 The captain is the only player who may address the officials during the
game, but only on matters of rules interpretation.
 Equipment - No metal screws or screw-in cleats are allowed. Rings,
earrings, necklaces, and bracelets are advised not to be worn. Bats must
be official softball bats.
 Add-ons must be made to a roster prior to the SECOND game of
Intramural softball season.
1. Field
EQUIPMENT
2. Ball 6. Protective gear

3. Glove 7. Uniform

4. Bat
8. Cleats

5. Helmet