Softball Softball can be a really fun sport to play throughout school. I played for four years and it has been one of my favorite sports to be in. I stopped playing last year to save some money. Some things you do in softball is hitting the ball, fielding the ball, sliding into bases, and many other things. There are many ways that you can hit the ball when you are up at the plate. You can swing, bunt, fake bunt, slap bunt, and drag bunt. A swing is where you start with the bat behind you and swing all the way through. A bunt is when you start with your bat already across the plate and you barely move the bat when it makes contact with the ball. A fake bunt is when you act like you are about to bunt with you bat across the plate but when they pitch the ball you …show more content…
A slap bunt is where you move you bat forward to where it is kind of like a bunt, then move your bat forward more and it goes a little farther. A drag bunt is where you start in the back of the box and when the pitcher starts winding up you take a step and show you are about to bunt. When the ball and bat makes contact, you kind of lead where you want the ball to go. Fielding the ball is something that you definitely need to know how to do when playing softball. There are ten positions on the field. You have the catcher, pitcher, first baseman, second baseman, shortstop, third baseman, left field, center field, and right field. Sometimes there is a person that plays right center and left center. When you are on the field, you have to stay low and always be ready for the ball. When they hit the ball to you it can be either a grounder or a pop