Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CrgaFQRzrQ


A girl in this video is talking about her speech on the Origin of Softball.

Quotes about Softball

We go out and work hard. We play this game with emotion and love. Coach always says ‘Emotionally, physically, mentally -- come to the field prepared.’ Because if you don’t bring that to the field, you’re going to get beat.

--Laura Berg, outfield, Team USA

 

 

Go hard every play. You don’t want to leave anything behind and regret it years down the road that you didn’t give it all when you could have.

--Ashley DeBuhr, pitcher, Univ. of Nebraska

 

 

A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything they have no matter what the circumstances are. A true champion works hard and never loses sight of their dreams. --Anonymous

Photos of the first Softball game

These are some pictures of the first softball game and when it was invented. But now it is the most favored sport in the united states and the most played sport in the United States.

Timeline

Event Date	Event Title
November 25, 1887	A game was introduced
January 1, 1889	The Rules
January 1, 1895	The moving
January 1, 1895	Why can’t play
January 1, 1922	What is it called?
January 1, 1933	When do we get association?
January 1, 1965	We go around the world
January 1, 1966	Olympics!!
January 1, 1972	Explosion of opportunities
January 1, 1976	Say what? I’m a pro.
January 1, 2012	Present day

Works Cited

Works Cited

"Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA)." Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA). N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2013. <http://www.asasoftball.com/about/asa_history.asp>.

Category. "Softball History - George Hancock." Inventors. about.com, n.d. Web. 7 May 2013. <http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsoftball.htm>.

"History of Softball." Softball│Softball Drills│ Softball Tips │ Softball Hitting │ Softball Pitching │ Coaching Softball. Dagenais & Associates, Inc, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2013. <http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/>.

Pass, Mike & LeAnn. "About the Shades Valley Softball Web Site." Shades Valley High School Girls Softball. Mike Pass, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2013. <http://www.shadesvalleysoftball.org/about.html>.

"The History of Softball timeline | Timetoast timelines." Create timelines, share them on the web | Timetoast timelines. Timetoast, n.d. Web. 7 May 2013. <http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-history-of-softball>.

What is it about?

Most people ask, what is it all about? Who invented it and why? Well Softball is just like baseball. during World War II it developed as a younger version of baseball. Softball was the sport that combined boating, boxing and football. A boating club, a boxing glove and a football game were key parts in the very first game of softball. It was introduce on Thanksgiving Day in 1887 at a Harvard-Yale football game. A man threw a boxing glove at a Harvard Grad after the game was done. And a fan hit the glove away with a broom handle. George Hancock tied a boxing glove up and made a "softball". He also drew a small baseball diamond on the boating club floor and then the game began. The game was finally over an hour later and the score was 41-40. Later on Hancock made up rules and then began to make a softball and a bat. But the bat had a rubber tip on it, which was great for indoors and he also painted permanent foul lines on the floor. So, as you can tell it was all just a couple of Graduates messing around and what we know now today as Softball.

Why I chose this

The topic I chose was Softball. I chose this because I am interested in the history and how it became what it is today. I find it interesting because of where it was founded and how it was founded. Many people don’t stop and look at what everything is and how it became what it is today. It would be better to have learned about what it is and how it all started and understand the concepts rather than not knowing about it.