(a) 1. The softball playing field is called a pitch.
2. The fair territory is the area beginning with and including home plate and extending between and including foul lines into which a batter must bat the ball as for a safe hit.
The foul territory is an area which is outside the fair territory.
3. On each side of home plate there is a batter’s box which measures 3 feet in width and 7 feet in length. The lines inside of the batter’s box shall be 6 inches from home plate. The line in the front of the box shall be 4 feet in front of the line drawn through centre of homo plate.
(b)
Circumference of ball = 30.5 – 30.8 cms
Weight of ball = 178 – 198.4gms
It is soft and made up of a mixture of cork and rubber and is covered with white or yellow leather in two pieces. It has figure 8 written on it and is sewed by red thread.
(c)
1. The players who take their position in the central field are called infielders and the players who stand outside the infield, i.e., between the infield and the boundaries are called outfielders.
1. The batting order is the order in which the batter comes on the pitch. This order should be given to the plate umpire by the captain of the team and must be noted on the score sheet or line-up card.
