There are many basic and important pieces of equipment for the softball team, before starting the match you must make sure that all the possible things were added into your bag so can you easily avail the possible thing which you needs immediately.
Softball basic equipment:
Here is the list of the basic equipment of softball game which includes;
• Balls
• Bats
• Gloves
• Cleats
• Batting helmets
• Batting gloves
Catching equipment:
There are many other kinds of equipment which can we include in our softball game bag and these can be used able during the match. The bases, pitcher’s mound, backstop, all other similar equipment are carefully taken by the school keeper with himself for the match
It is noticed and founded that there are two types of softball games which include slow pitch and fastpitch. The main and major difference between slow pitch and fastpitch is, how the ball is pitched during the game. Players during the game use the slow hand arc technique for a slow pitch and a fast hand arc for a fast pitch. We further want to continue the research about these slow pitches and fast pitches.
Balls, Bats, and Gloves:
The size of the ball depends on the age, gender of the player but, most probably for both games, slow-pitch softball, and fast pitch softball, they use an 11 to 12 inches sized ball for the circumstances. Slow pitch softball uses a little large ball as compared to fast pitch softball but, both these slow and fast pitch softballs are longer and stronger as compared to basketball. The difference between softball and Basketball balls is about 5 inches and 5 ounces.
The white ball is used for baseball but, it is surprising to you that yellow ball is chosen and used for softball games. Softball prefers yellow balls as compared to white because they are more prominent than white.
The bats of softball are made up of metal, wood, or other synthetic material for both slow and fast games. The standard softball bats are six inches in length, 6 inches in width, and 32 ounces in weight. However, it is also noticed that each team of softball have their own special bats for gaming. The players prefer light and less in width bats because these are lighter in weight and it is easy for the player to lift it the spins the ball easily, it explains that why the player of softball uses the bat which has diameter 2.25 only. For fast softball game, it is a must that all the bats are 2 inches in width.
