Good quality baseballs and softballs are made completely differently.
Inexpensive softballs are made of a cork and rubber mixture and a vinyl or other synthetic cover, then stitched with yarn.
The vast majority of softballs, both slowpitch and fastpitch, are made of a solid polyurethane core and a leather cover stitched with nylon thread. The cover on better softballs is glued to the core before stitching. A fastpitch softball has raised seams and a slowpitch softball has flat seams.
The core is the ball itself, not to be confused with COR, which stands for Coefficient of Restitution. Softballs are measure by two variables - COR and Compression. The higher of either number the harder the ball.
The compression is simply the pounds per square inch required to compress the ball 1/4". The COR is the speed in which the ball goes from the compressed state back to its original round state (rebound).
a softball is made out of yarn.cork,coloring,
Softball. Softball.
Yes, the core of a softball does bounce. It is made out of cork. This is what makes the softball bounce.
rubber
the core of a softball is surrounded by compressed air and nobody really knows how its made. (its made in a factory)
The inside of a softball is made of cork. Even though it is called a softball, it is not soft at all. Take it from me :)
because softball is awesome and girls deserve to play too!
because softball is awesome and girls deserve to play too!
Generally made from leather.
leather
november 1887
None. USC does not have a softball program.