Softball is a team sport that descends directly from baseball. Softball is played mainly in the U.S. but is growing in popularity elsewhere. It is different from baseball mostly in that softballs are larger and softer than baseballs, the diamond is smaller, and pitchers throw the ball underhand. The game was invented in Chicago Illinois by a man named George Hancock. The game is most popular at the amateur level. The version called fastpitch softball, in which the ball is thrown rapidly using a windmill motion, is played mostly be women and has been featured in the Olympic Games.
Softball for quotes, sayings and inspirational softball stories can provide excellent motivation for an amateur team. Whether you seek fastpitch softball quotes, softball sayings, or more generic inspirational sayings, you can find some great material by using a search engine on the internet and using a search term like "stories softball". For quotes and sayings, one good website you will find is called softball-quotes.com. There are great quotes there from college coaches such as Ralph Weekly from the University of Tennessee and players such as Lisa Fernandez from Team USA. This website also features softball cheers. Another good website for softball sayings and quotes is www.inspirational-quotes-and-quotations.com. Just do a search for softball within the site.
Inspirational stories involving softball are harder to find all together in one website, but you can gather them together by going to multiple sites that feature inspirational tales. For example, for a great inspirational story about a coach for a girls softball team who was contemplating retirement, search online for softball quotes. Another great story, about sportsmanship at a college softball game, is at www.sportsfeelgoodstories.com. In addition, my favorite of the ones I located by using Google is one called "Hold the Rope," from Yvette Gironard, the head coach at the University of Southwest Louisiana, is at www.youth-athlete.org.