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softpall

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ID 737424 Last modified 21.05.2019
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Domain ball games - throwing games
softpall deprecated
  • pesapallist kujunenud sportmäng, mida mängitakse väiksemal väljakul suurema ja pehmema palliga
  • pesapalli mõnevõrra lihtsustatud, pms noortele ja naistele mõeldud pallimäng, mida mängitakse väiksemal väljakul tavalisest suurema palliga
  • a sport similiar to baseball played on a small diamond with a ball that is larger than a baseball and that is pitched underhand
  • a team game of seven innings closely resembling baseball but played on a smaller diamond with a larger ball under rules requiring an underhand pitch and forbidding a base runner to take lead until the ball is pitched
Good to know
  • The regulation playing field for softball includes a diamond-shaped area with 60-foot (18.3-metre) baselines. The pitching distance for men is 46 feet (14 metres) and for women 43 feet (13.11 metres). Bats must be round, not more than 34 inches (86.4 cm) long, and not more than 2.25 inches (5.7 cm) in diameter at the largest part. The official softball is a smooth-seam ball 12 inches (30.5 cm) in circumference, weighing between 6.25 and 7 ounces (177 and 198 grams).
pehmepall preferred
softball
softpall
Usage examples
  • Soome pesapall ja softpall (mõeldud naistele ja noortele) on pärispesapalli mõnevõrra lihtsustatud teisendid.
Good to know
  • Termin „softpall“ on ebasoovitatav.
softball
Usage examples
  • In 1996, a women’s softball competition was added to the Olympic Games.
  • ... blunt instruments — objects capable of being used to cause serious injury when used to hit, including: — baseball and softball bats, ...
softpall deprecated

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