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Besides a catcher, what do you need to pitch?
Softball and glove
100
What pitches did I show you today?
Slow pitch and fast pitch
100
Do you explode or push off the rubber?
Explode
100
Do you stand tall or stay low when you pitch?
Stay tall
100
When you take a short hop (crow hop) is it illegal?
Yes
200
When should you release the ball: before the hip, when it reaches the hip, or after it passes the hip?
When it reaches the hip
200
Treating the outfielders as one person, how many positions are on the field?
7
200
Do you keep the same speed on the windmill or do you get more speed as it goes around?
Gradually get more speed
200
What are the gloves, on the front table, used for?
Catching and fielding
200
What arm should you pitch with?
Dominant arm
300
Besides the U.S. What country had the first league?
Canada
300
What foot should be ahead of the other when on the mound?
Your dominant foot
300
When you follow through where should your elbow be pointing?
To the catcher
300
What two body parts will help you the most while pitching?
Hips and legs
300
Where should your dominant foot be on the rubber
Front edge
400
When was the first game played?
1887
400
What years did the U.S.softball team win the gold in the Olympics?
1996 and 2000
400
Was it originally supposed to be indoors or outdoors?
Indoors
400
When you begin a fast pitch where will the ball start at?
In your glove at your chest
400
When you pivot what does that do to your hips?
Opens them
500
What's the last step of every pitch?
Follow through
500
Who is a famous pitcher that's on the U.S. Team?
Jenny Finch
500
What college team is leading in the Big Ten?
Purdue
500
Who invented the game softball?
George Hancock
500
What did they use for the ball and bat during the first game played?
Boxing glove and broom handle
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