a glove is used to catch the softballs and some types of gloves are mizuno, nike, easton., and whiton
No, the glove is intended for baseball, by fielders and pitchers who want a little longer glove for scooping up balls. It can be used for softball, bit does not have a larger pocket that would make a strictly softball glove better.
The softball glove was invented in the 1920's.
The use of a softball glove is so it does not hurt your hand when someone throws it and it is also used for an aim so you do not have to aim with your hand. ( That would look silly.)
a glove is used to catch the softballs and some types of gloves are mizuno, nike, easton., and whiton
A baseball outfielder glove is usually 12 1/2 to 12 3/4 inches from the tip of the index finger to the heel of the glove. A softball outfielder glove is usually 13 1/2 to 14 inches from the tip of the index finger to the heel of the glove. Since a softball is larger than a baseball, a softball glove will be larger than a baseball glove. However, this doesn't mean that you can't use a baseball glove for playing softball. It just means that you will have less margin of error when catching the softball because of the smaller pocket a baseball glove has.
Sure. A softball glove is made of the same materials that a baseball glove is made of (high grade leather). They need time to be broken in. Oiling the glove will help with this process.
To play the sport of softball. You can throw, catch (in a glove), or hit them (with a bat).
Visit this site for the history of softball: http://www.asasoftball.com/about/asa_history.asp
The binding of a glove is typically used around the outer wrist and palm area. It's used to looks and to soften rough areas. Check out Akadema's glove builder and it will outline where the binding is.
Generally made from leather.
It depends how big your hand is
The inventors because they were using a boxing glove as a BALL and it was SOFT so they decided to name it SOFTBALL.