No they don't have to it is used more as a timing mechanism for release as well as to distract the hitter.
they first started playing in the Olympics in 1996.
for entertainment, and because the men who played baseball were away at war.
According to the National Softball Association rulebook, Women's Adult Slow Pitch Divisions shall have a pitching distance of 53 feet.
11" circumference for women's slow pitch softball.
baseball if men are playing, softball if women are playing
Because, you get to play with other people and interact with them!!!!!! You also get to play independent!!!!SO GET YOUR BUTT UP GO PLAY!!!!!!!!!
a women named alice peterson did she was the fastest pitcher ever know alice peterson thoght of pitching with her sister because her sister always had a stick and she had a rock she would throw it then one day she came up with the idea of pitching
so that after the world war the women could continue on playing a different version of baseball that is supposedly "easier"
Yes, they do have a women's softball team.
lack of promoting womans softball
The first women's softball team was formed in 1895 at Chicago's West Division High School. They did not obtain a coach for competitive play until 1899. But in 1904, the Spalding Indoor Baseball Guide devoted a large section of the guide to the game of women's softball (presumably to reach a new demographic for its equipment) and the women's game began to grow.
No! if she was she couldn't play on the WOMEN'S softball team! No! if she was she couldn't play on the WOMEN'S softball team! No! if she was she couldn't play on the WOMEN'S softball team!