THE GAME OF:
CENTER
ROVER
2ND BASE
LEFT FIELD
SHORTSTOP
RIGHT FIELD
1ST BASE
3RD BASE
PITCHER
CATCHER
1ST BASE
POSITIONS ON THE FIELD
– PITCHER
 #2 – CATCHER
 #3 – 1ST BASE
 #4 – 2ND BASE
 #5 – 3RD BASE
 #1
POSITIONS CON’T
–
SHORTSTOP
 #7 – LEFT
FIELD
 #8 – CENTER
FIELD
 #9 – RIGHT
FIELD
 #10 - ROVER
 #6
SCORE EXAMPLES
OUT TO 3RD BASE = 5-3
 FLY BALL TO LEFT = F 7
 LINE DRIVE TO SHORSTOP = L 6
 GROUND OUT TO PITCHER = 1-3
 DOUBLE PLAY FROM
SHORTSTOP TO 2ND TO 1ST = 6-4-3
 A STRIKE OUT SWINGING = K
 GROUND
RULES
7
INNINGS IN A REGULATION
GAME
 VISITORS HIT FIRST
 AN INNING IS A PART OF THE
GAME WHERE BOTH TEAMS BAT
AND 3 OUTS HAVE OCCURRED
FOR EACH TEAM
A PLAYER IS OUT WHEN:

HE HAS THREE
STRIKES
 A FLY BALL IS
CAUGHT (FOUL OR
FAIR)
 TAGGED OUT
BEFORE REACHING
BASE
BASE RUNNING
NO
BASE STEALING
NO LEADING OFF
RUNNER CANNOT LEAVE
BASE UNTIL BALL IS HIT
CANNOT RUN MORE THEN
3 FEET OUT OF BASELINE
A RUNNER IS OUT WHEN:
 PASSES
A PRECEDING RUNNER
 LEAVES BASE BEFORE A FLY
BALL IS CAUGHT
 IS FORCED OUT
 IS TAGGED OUT
 IF RUNNER IS HIT BY A BATTED
BALL…
BATTING GRIP
 GRIP
AS
THOUGH YOU
WERE CHOPPING
WOOD
 FIRM GRIP BUT
DO NOT LET BAT
REST ON PALMS
 ALIGN
KNUCKLES
BATTING STANCE
 ELBOWS
ARE
DOWN IN “A”
FRAME
 KNEES ARE
BENT
 WAIST IS
SLIGHTLY BENT
THROWING BASICS
 POINT
SHOULDER TOWARDS TARGET
 STEP TOWARD TARGET WITH NONTHROWING FOOT
 AT SAME TIME, ROTATE BODY
TOWARD TARGET
 BEGIN FORWARD SWING OF ARM
 FOLLOW THROUGH TOWARD TARGET
TERMS CONTINUED
RUN –
Batter hits the
ball and gets
home safely.
 BASES
LOADED –
When runners
are on 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd.
 HOME
TERMS
STRIKE ZONEArea over home
plate between the
batter’s armpits
and the top of the
knees.
 GRAND SLAM – A
home run with the
bases loaded.

TERMS CONTINUED
 RBI
– Runs batted
in
 LINE DRIVE – A
batted ball that
travels in a
straight line
 ERROR – A
defensive misplay
HISTORY
 DEVELOPED
100
YRS. AGO BY
GEORGE
HANCOCK
 AMATEOUR
SOFTBALL
ASSN. (ASA)
FORMED IN 1933