THE GAME OF:THE GAME OF:

CENTER ROVER

1ST BASE1ST BASE

1ST BASE

2ND BASE

3RD BASE

SHORTSTOP

CATCHER

PITCHER

LEFT FIELD RIGHT FIELD

POSITIONS ON THE FIELDPOSITIONS ON THE FIELD

#1 – PITCHER#1 – PITCHER#2 – CATCHER#2 – CATCHER#3 – 1#3 – 1STST BASE BASE #4 – 2#4 – 2NDND BASE BASE#5 – 3#5 – 3RDRD BASE BASE

POSITIONS CON’TPOSITIONS CON’T

#6 – #6 – SHORTSTOPSHORTSTOP

#7 – LEFT #7 – LEFT FIELDFIELD

#8 – CENTER #8 – CENTER FIELDFIELD

#9 – RIGHT #9 – RIGHT FIELDFIELD

#10 - ROVER#10 - ROVER

SCORE EXAMPLESSCORE EXAMPLES

GROUND OUT TO 3GROUND OUT TO 3RDRD BASE = 5-3 BASE = 5-3 FLY BALL TO LEFT = F 7FLY BALL TO LEFT = F 7 LINE DRIVE TO SHORSTOP = L 6LINE DRIVE TO SHORSTOP = L 6 GROUND OUT TO PITCHER = 1-3GROUND OUT TO PITCHER = 1-3 DOUBLE PLAY FROM DOUBLE PLAY FROM

SHORTSTOP TO 2SHORTSTOP TO 2NDND TO 1 TO 1STST = 6-4-3 = 6-4-3 A STRIKE OUT SWINGING = KA STRIKE OUT SWINGING = K

RULESRULES

7 INNINGS IN A REGULATION 7 INNINGS IN A REGULATION GAMEGAME

VISITORS HIT FIRSTVISITORS HIT FIRST AN INNING IS A PART OF THE AN INNING IS A PART OF THE

GAME WHERE BOTH TEAMS BAT GAME WHERE BOTH TEAMS BAT AND 3 OUTS HAVE OCCURRED AND 3 OUTS HAVE OCCURRED FOR EACH TEAMFOR EACH TEAM

A PLAYER IS OUT WHEN:A PLAYER IS OUT WHEN:

HE HAS THREE HE HAS THREE STRIKESSTRIKES

A FLY BALL IS A FLY BALL IS CAUGHT (FOUL OR CAUGHT (FOUL OR FAIR)FAIR)

TAGGED OUT TAGGED OUT BEFORE REACHING BEFORE REACHING BASEBASE

BASE RUNNINGBASE RUNNING

NO BASE STEALINGNO BASE STEALINGNO LEADING OFFNO LEADING OFFRUNNER CANNOT LEAVE RUNNER CANNOT LEAVE

BASE UNTIL BALL IS HITBASE UNTIL BALL IS HITCANNOT RUN MORE THEN CANNOT RUN MORE THEN

3 FEET OUT OF BASELINE3 FEET OUT OF BASELINE

A RUNNER IS OUT WHEN:A RUNNER IS OUT WHEN:

PASSES A PRECEDING RUNNERPASSES A PRECEDING RUNNER LEAVES BASE BEFORE A FLY LEAVES BASE BEFORE A FLY

BALL IS CAUGHTBALL IS CAUGHT IS FORCED OUTIS FORCED OUT IS TAGGED OUTIS TAGGED OUT IF RUNNER IS HIT BY A BATTED IF RUNNER IS HIT BY A BATTED

BALL…BALL…

BATTING GRIPBATTING GRIP

GRIP AS GRIP AS THOUGH YOU THOUGH YOU WERE CHOPPING WERE CHOPPING WOODWOOD

FIRM GRIP BUT FIRM GRIP BUT DO NOT LET BAT DO NOT LET BAT REST ON PALMSREST ON PALMS

ALIGN ALIGN KNUCKLESKNUCKLES

BATTING STANCEBATTING STANCE

ELBOWS ARE ELBOWS ARE DOWN IN “A” DOWN IN “A” FRAMEFRAME

KNEES ARE KNEES ARE BENTBENT

WAIST IS WAIST IS SLIGHTLY BENTSLIGHTLY BENT

THROWING BASICSTHROWING BASICS

POINT SHOULDER TOWARDS TARGETPOINT SHOULDER TOWARDS TARGET STEP TOWARD TARGET WITH NON-STEP TOWARD TARGET WITH NON-

THROWING FOOTTHROWING FOOT AT SAME TIME, ROTATE BODY AT SAME TIME, ROTATE BODY

TOWARD TARGETTOWARD TARGET BEGIN FORWARD SWING OF ARMBEGIN FORWARD SWING OF ARM FOLLOW THROUGH TOWARD TARGETFOLLOW THROUGH TOWARD TARGET

TERMS CONTINUEDTERMS CONTINUED

HOME RUN – HOME RUN – Batter hits the Batter hits the ball and gets ball and gets home safely.home safely.

BASES LOADED BASES LOADED – When runners – When runners are on 1are on 1stst, 2, 2ndnd, , and 3and 3rdrd..

TERMSTERMS

STRIKE ZONE-STRIKE ZONE-Area over home Area over home plate between the plate between the batter’s armpits batter’s armpits and the top of the and the top of the knees.knees.

GRAND SLAM – A GRAND SLAM – A home run with the home run with the bases loaded.bases loaded.

TERMS CONTINUEDTERMS CONTINUED

RBI – Runs batted RBI – Runs batted inin

LINE DRIVE – A LINE DRIVE – A batted ball that batted ball that travels in a travels in a straight linestraight line

ERROR – A ERROR – A defensive misplaydefensive misplay

HISTORYHISTORY

DEVELOPED 100 DEVELOPED 100 YRS. AGO BY YRS. AGO BY GEORGE GEORGE HANCOCKHANCOCK

AMATEOUR AMATEOUR SOFTBALL SOFTBALL ASSN. (ASA) ASSN. (ASA) FORMED IN 1933FORMED IN 1933