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Softball is a team sport played by both males and females, though it is considered by many to be a female sport. It is a direct descendant of the predominantly male sport of baseball, and the rules of both sports remain quite similar.
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There are three general forms of softball: slow pitch, modified pitch and fast pitch.
Softball is a sport in which skill plays a significant part, however a high level of fitness is required to perform at the elite level.
Softball at the World Games
Softball has a lot in common with the baseball, but it is played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Its games move at a faster pace since the dimensions of the field are smaller.
Softball made its debut at the 1981 Santa Clara World Games. It was featured at other World Games competitions, including the 1985 London World Games, the 2009 Kaohsiung World Games, the 2013 Cali World Games, the 2022 Birmingham World Games, and the 2025 Chengdu World Games.
At the 2025 Chengdu World Games, there are softball tournaments for both men and women. A standard softball game takes place over seven innings. Each of the innings is divided into a top half. The away team bat and tries to score runs (attacks), while the home team takes over the field and tries to record three outs (defense). Then, there is a bottom half when the roles of the teams are reversed.
In each inning, you will have the attacking team sending a batter to home plate to try to hit the pitch from the pitcher (defense). As opposed to the rule of baseball, pitchers throw underhand from flat ground in Softball. After hitting the ball fairly into the field of play, the batter must move around four bases to score a run.
The goal of this sport is for a team to score more runs than the opposing team. All the scores for both teams are counted after seven innings in total. Extra innings are played if a game ends in a tie at the end of seven innings.
Here are the medalists who won gold at the end of the 2025 Chengdu Softball event:
| Event | Medal | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Gold | 1 SATO Koki 3 MASAKI Kaito 6 OKAWA Ryuji 7 SAKURABA Yusuke 8 YASUMI Kotaro 10 KUROIWA Seii 11 IKEDA Hiroki 12 UEDA Fumiya 14 KATAOKA Taiyo 17 NISHIDA Kanta 19 ONODERA Shota 23 MORITA Yusuke 24 NAGAI Fuga 35 TORIYAMA Kazuya 42 HAMAMOTO Tei |
Japan |
| Women | Gold | 1 WALLACE Skylar 3 CARDA Ally 7 BRADY Maya 10 COLEMAN Jayda 18 LORENZ Amanda 21 GARCIA Rachel 22 JEFFERSON Janae 23 JENNINGS Tiare 24 FARAIMO Megan 27 JAQUISH Sj 28 MAXWELL Kelly 30 WARREN Jessie 34 MULIPOLA Dejah 37 FLIPPEN Hannah 48 NICKLES Bubba |
USA |
Information
- About Fitness Testing and Fitness Components for softball.
- Warming Up for Softball
- Softball Equipment
- Softball Books for sale.
- What is softball called in other languages?
- Baseball vs. Softball — a discussion of their differences and similarities.
Related Pages
- Did you know that softball is a sport at the Olympic Games?
- Softball Polls
- Summary of the Sport of Softball — what is fast and slow pitch?
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