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Quick Answer The best softball drills for beginners teach the fastpitch motion in the order a play uses it: throwing and the windmill first, then fielding at fastpitch tempo, then hitting including the slap, then baserunning off the back foot. The 12 drills below are built for fastpitch specifically, not borrowed from baseball, because the … Read more
Quick Answer A good youth baseball practice matches its length to the players’ attention spans: about 60 minutes for tee ball, 75 for machine pitch, 90 for kid pitch and Majors, and up to 120 for middle school and high school. Every plan follows the same skeleton, which is a warmup, then throwing, fielding, and … Read more
Quick Answer The best baseball drills for beginners build skills in the order they are used: throwing first, then fielding, then hitting, then baserunning. The 15 drills below all scale, which means the same drill works for an 8 year old and an 18 year old, just with more reps and higher standards as players … Read more
Quick Answer A regulation college softball game is 7 innings, not 9 like baseball. That holds across every level of the NCAA, plus NAIA and JUCO. The two things that change the math are the run rule, which ends a game after 5 innings if a team leads by 8 or more, and extra innings … Read more
Quick Answer The dropped third strike rule lets a batter run to first base when the catcher fails to catch strike three, but only if first base is unoccupied, or if there are two outs. In every other case the batter is simply out. The ball stays live, so the batter still has to be … Read more
Quick Answer A catcher does far more than catch pitches. The job rests on four pillars: receiving and framing pitches, blocking balls in the dirt, throwing out base stealers, and leading the defense by calling the game. The catcher is the only player who touches the ball on every pitch, sees the whole field, and … Read more
Quick Answer The hardest position in baseball is catcher, with no real debate: it is the most physically and mentally demanding job on the field. Shortstop and pitcher come next. First base is the easiest position to field, though it carries the most pressure to hit. Here are all nine baseball positions ranked by difficulty, … Read more
Quick Answer A regulation college baseball game is 9 innings, the same as MLB. The exceptions are doubleheaders, where each game is cut to 7 innings by conference rule, and blowouts, where a 10 run mercy rule can end a game after 7 innings if the conference has adopted it. High school games are 7 … Read more
You are trying to plan dinner, or figure out whether you can catch the second half of another kid’s game, and you just want a straight answer: how long is a softball game? The honest answer is that it depends, but not in a vague way. A standard game has a clear length, and then … Read more
People say “softball” like it is one thing. It is not. Fastpitch and slowpitch share a name, a yellow ball, and a diamond, and that is roughly where the similarity ends. The pitching is different, the lineups are different sizes, one lets you steal and the other does not, and you cannot even swing the … Read more
