Below you will find links to many of the worlds largest Softball Rules Organizations and Governing Bodies. Click on the links below for more information about the organizations listed.
- International Softball Federation (ISF)
- National Softball Association
- NCAA Softball
- Amateur Softball Association of America
- United States Fastpitch Association (USFA)
- American Fastpitch Association
- Softball Canada
- United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA)
- International Senior Softball Association (ISSA)
- Pony Softball
- Bobby Sox Fastpitch Softball
- Senior Softball USA
- Softball Australia
- Irish Softball Association (ISA)
- Croatian Softball Association
- Softball New Zealand
- Softball South Africa
Basic Rules of Softball
The object of
a softball game is to stand beside
(not on) home plate and hit the ball
into play. There are two opposing
teams, with the players in the filed
of play called as the fielders. The
player hitting the ball is called
the batter – who must
run around the bases and return to
the home plate. If the ball is hit
into the foul area then that is considered
a strike, except when the batter
already has two strikes. If the ball
is caught in the foul area, the batter
is out. A ball is foul when it lands
in-field and then goes over the foul
line before it reaches the out field,
but a ball is fair if goes over the
foul line but has hit the ground
in the out field. When three batters
have been caught/tagged/thrown/struck
out, the whole team is out. Each
batter who manages to return to the
home plate scores a point for the
team. There should be around 6-9
innings to wrap up a game, depending
on how long the players want to play.
The team with the most number of
runs wins the game.
