11" circumference for women's slow pitch softball.
Men's -- 12
The ITTF regulation is that the ball has to be 40mm
Generally for softball you use a 12 inch ball. The younger age groups will use an 11 inch ball.
Although Softballs are hard, they used to be an alternative to baseball for those who wanted a softer ball. It was big, soft, and squishy. The softball was then changed to a harder ball but the name stuck.
Some of the differences are: (SOFTBALL) 1. YOU THROW UNDERHAND. 2. THE BALL IS NOT AS HARD AS THE BASEBALL. 3. THE BALL IS A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THE BASEBALL. (BASEBALL) 1. YOU THROW OVERHAND. 2. THE BALL IS NOT AS SOFT AS THE SOFTBALL. 3. THE BALL IS NOT AS BIG AS THE SOFTBALL.
around the softball is 12 inches
A softball weighs more. A tennis ball is smaller that a softball and is hollow. A softball is larger and it is not hollow, making the softball heavier than the tennis ball.
because who ever invented the sport wanted it to be that way i guess
Their regulation size ball is 28.5 inches. Their ball is one inch smaller than the mens' ball. The size decreases as age goes down.
28.74195 Cubic inches
A softball is more dense than a soccer ball.