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Softball 101
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100
short distance that a player stands away from their current base.
Lead off
100
What position has view of the ENTIRE field?
Catcher
100
What is the name of the softball area that the game is played on?
Diamond
100
What is the average size of a regulation softball?
11in
100
2 outs. Runner on 3rd, ground ball to the infield, where is the play?
First
100
Any batted ball that first contacts a fielder while the ball is between the first and third chalk lines.
Fair
100
What was the original name for softball?
Kittenball
Mushball
Indoor Baseball
All of the above
All of the above
200
Which is not a base running strategy?
Handball
Sliding
Tagging up
Tagging up
200
What are they practicing? 
Backhand
200
How many defensive players are on a traditional softball field?
Nine
200
You are the batter. You have 2 strikes, and 2 balls. You decide to bunt. After you bunt the ball, it rolls in foul territory and stays in the foul territory. Are you out?
Yes
200
With a runner on first, the batter hits a ground ball to the first baseman who steps on first and then tags the runner who has remained on first. Who is out?
Batter
200
When the defensive player is not required to touch the runner to get the out
Example: if a runner is on first base, and the batter hits a ball, the batter has to run to first, and the runner that is already on first has to advance to second.
Force out
200
What is the composition of a regulation softball?
Cork and rubber
Leather and rubber
Foam and rubber
Cork and Rubber
300
What is this called?
Triple
300
Runners on 1st and 3rd with less than 2 outs. Where is the play?
Infield- check 3 go 1/2
Outfield- third
300
What is the maximum number of innings you can have in a softball match, without having a tie-breaker?
Seven
300
contacting the batted ball, intentionally contacting a thrown ball, physical contact with a fielder making a play, and visual or verbal interference
Runner Interference
300
Bases loaded with less than 2 outs, where is the play?
Home
300
The ball is in _______ territory 
Foul territory
300
CNumber at bats divided by number of hits is used to find this average
Batting average
400
Can you advance to a base after a foul fly ball has been caught and you tagged up?
Yes
400
What is the pre-pitch movement also referred to as?
Prep-Step
400
Is this a legal/illegal at bat?
Illegal
400
When a fielder, without possession of the ball, impedes the progress of a runner.
Obstruction
400
Less than 2 outs. You are a runner on 3rd base. Pop fly to right field is going to be caught. What do you do?
Tag and run home
400
What are the following abbreviations:
SB
RBI
HR
Stolen Bases
Runners Batted In
HomeRun
400
Softball first appeared in the Olympics in what year?
1988
1996
1984
1996
500
Two outs, what are you doing when the pitch is thrown?
Running the next base
500
Second baseman tags the runner going from first to second but the ball falls out, what is the ruling?
Runner is out
500
What symbol is used to indicate a strikeout looking?
Backwards K
500
Before releasing the pitch, the runner on second base breaks for third base, and the concurrent pitch to the batter results on a groundball being hit to the shortstop. Should the base plate umpire call “time,” kill the play (dead-ball), and penalize the runner for leaving the base early?
Yes
The umpire is correct to call “time” because the runner left the base prior to the pitched ball being released from the pitcher’s hand. The ball is dead, and the runner is out for leaving the base early, and the batter is returned to home plate and current count continues
500
What is the play for runner and fielders 
Infield - cover second and home
Outfield - cross and throw home or to second
500
Any fair fly ball (not including a line drive or a bunt) which can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort when first and second or first, second and third base are occupied, before two men are out.
Infield Fly
500
Who invented softball?
George Hancock
Connor Muller
Arthur Smith
George Hancock