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Sports and activity information for the ALL STAR in your house |
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Softball Terminology
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| As with an other sport softball has special vocabulary that you must understand to play the game. The terms that you will hear during any given softball game will include: |
| Pitcher’s mound | The raised area in the middle of the diamond from which the pitcher throws the ball.
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| Batter’s box | Box marked with chalk near home plate that a batter must stay within while batting.
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| Force Out | When a runner has to advance to the next base to make room for the following base runner.
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| Fly Ball/Pop Up | A ball that is hit in the air to the infield
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| Grounder | A ball that is hit on the ground.
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| Triple Play | A play during which the defense records three outs.
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| Tag Out | A base runner that is not on a base when she is tagged by a player with the ball. The defense must create three "outs" before it can switch to defense. Outs can be by strike out, force out, fly out or tag out.
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| Hit | A batted ball that allows a batter to safely reach base.
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| Home Run | Fair ball hit over the outfield fence between the two foul poles.
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| Run | An offensive player safely tags home plate.
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| Strike | Term used when a ball is swung at and missed or is called when the ball enters the strike zone and is not swung at all.
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| Strike Zone | The area above home plate between a batter’s knees and her armpits.
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| Strike Out: | Occurs during an at-bat when a batter accumulates three strikes, at which point the at-bat ends and the player is called out.
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| Stolen base | A play during which a runner advances a base when the pitcher releases the pitch.
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| Safe: | Called when a base runner reaches a base without getting tagged out or avoids a force out.
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| Walk | Player advances to 1st base when 4 consecutive pitches were called as balls.
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