4
4
3 strikes. 4 balls.
4
72
4
60-75
You can walk after four pitches.
They 'Take Guard' in that they ask the Umpire to line their bat with a stump or the space between stumps. 2 is the space between middle & leg stumps. The Umpire will also tell them how many balls are to come in the over.
Just one and it's called a referee.
There is not a specific book on Softball for Dummies, but there are many other books that can help you if you need to find out more about softball.
The Chair Umpire may have up to ten assistants also called Line Umpires in tennis games.
In volleyball there are 4 officials. One that is called the "up ref" which is the ref that is on top of a small ladder on one end of the net. There is also a ref that stands on the ground in front of the scoreboard table and book table. The other two refs are called linesmen there are two of them one on each side of the court in opposing corners to tell if the ball was in or out of the court.