What are the basic skills in softball and its meaning?

Answer 1

The basic skills in softball are catching, throwing, hitting and base running. The strategies would depend on the coach but what every player should know is the different game situations during a softball game and the strategy would be the coach's way of playing each situation. The situations may be a man on 1st, 2nd or 3rd, others would be runners on multiply bases like runners on 1st & 2nd, 1st & 3rd, 2nd & 3rd or full bases.

You should know when to execute a force play or tag play or where to throw the ball.

Answer 2

The basic skills in softball are fielding, hitting/batting, base running

Fielding - Is being able to catch and throw a batted ground ball or fly ball properly

batting - When one is able to hitting the ball with the bat with a the proper rotational motion

Base running - Is able to round the bases with proper turns and execution in the most efficient manner.

For extras - Pitching and Catching basics (catcher's basic)

- This is able to execute proper pitching motion and the catcher to be able to throw to all bases in the most accurate and strongest throw.