The slowest softball pitch is the change-up. It is used to trick the batter into swinging early. When pitchers have a good change up it can be used quite often with the same effect each time. Pitches can also be thrown off-speed, like an off-speed curve ball.
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No...If the softball was pitched from a distance of 43 feet it is equivalent to a ball thrown just over 95 mph from a distance of 60' 6" which is the pitching distance in major league baseball. If the 68 mph pitch was thrown from 40 feet then it is equal to a 102 plus mph pitch at 60 feet 6 inches. Because speed is the relevance of time and distance then a ball thrown from 2 different distances and takes the same amount of time to travel each distance means the further of which will have to travel faster to cover more distance.
I play softball so i should know ! The fastest pitch ever thrown by a woman was 80 something mph.
The game of softball was invented in Chicago in 1887 by George Hancock. The idea for the ball came from an old boxing glove.
What are the fundamental skills in playing softball What are the fundamental skills in playing softball ---------- As the Manager in the movie "Bull Durham" said to his team, "It's a simple game. You throw the ball...you catch the ball...you hit the ball." Those are the fundamental skills required to play the game. You could also include running.