PHED 116 - Softball

1 Credits: (3 lab)

Course Description
This course is designed to improve individual softball skills and develop an understanding of strategies associated with both offense and defense. Students will receive the opportunity to implement improved skills at all playing positions.

Text
No text required

Handouts during class

Objectives
The students will be able to:

A. Identify the basic rules and strategies necessary for competitive play.

B. Demonstrate proficiency in beginning-level skills of hitting, bunting, throwing, and fielding.

C. Identify and evaluate a regulation softball game.

D. Demonstrate the skills necessary to maintain a scorebook.

Content
A. History of Softball

B. Basic Strategies

C. Offensive Skills

D. Defensive Skills

E. Rules of the Game

F. Umpiring

G. Scorekeeping

Student Evaluation
A. Final exam on the strategies and rules of softball

B. Evaluation of student by instructor during game situation

C. Umpiring a game

D. Maintaining a scorebook during actual game

Bibliography
A Basic Guide to Softball. Torrance: Griffin, 2001. Print.

Brown, Bruce. Dr. Whacko’s Guide to Slow-Pitch Softball. New York: Collier, 2015. Print.

Enquist, Sue, and James A. Peterson. 101 Offensive Softball Drills. Monterey: Coaches Choice, 2001. Print.

Gitlin, Marty. Softball. Chicago: Norwood, 2012. Print.

Westley, Erica. Fastpitch: The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game. Touchstone, 2016. Print.