Reflection paragraph on sources

My sources were very helpful to me. They gave me all the info i needed. I was ok finding the sources, it took a while.

Works cited

"Top 10 list-Inspirational softball quotes" 2006. Inspirational-Quotes-and-quotations.com. 27 April 2010. http://www.inspirational-quotes-and-quotations.com/inspirational-softball-quotes.html

"Winning is everything" 2009. Eat. Sleep. Play Softball. 27 April 2010. http://softball-quotes.com/Site/Motivational_Quotes.html

"Ispirational and funny quotes about softball" 2010. Softball Quotes. 27 April 2010. http://www.softballquotes.net/

"Winning is everything" 2009. Eat. Sleep. Play Softball. 27 April 2010.http://softball-quotes.com/Site/Motivational_Quotes.html

"Top 10 list-Inspirational softball quotes" 2006. Inspirational-Quotes-and-quotations.com. 27 April 2010. http://www.inspirational-quotes-and-quotations.com/inspirational-softball-quotes.html

Reflection paragraph on process

Some of the easy parts were the wordles, and the photo, caption and citations. The hard ones for with quotes and the finding paragraphs. I would actually do my work next time if I had to do it again.

Wordle #2 based on topic key terms

Reflection paragraph on findings

The most important information was the inventor, how he invented it, and when he invented it. George Hancock invented softball (at first it was called indoor baseball). He invented it by throwing an old boxing glove at a Havard supporter and him hitting it with a pole. He invented it in 1887.

Finding paragraph #3

Softball originated in Chicago on Thanksgiving Day, 1887. A group of about twenty young men had gathered in the gymnasium of the Farragut Boat Club in order to hear the outcome of the Harvard-Yale football game. After Yale's victory was announced and bets were paid off, a man picked up a stray boxing glove and threw it at someone, who hit it with a pole. George Hancock, usually considered the inventor of softball, shouted, "Let's play ball!" He tied the boxing glove so that it resembled a ball, chalked out a diamond on the floor (smaller dimensions than those of a baseball field in order to fit the gym) and broke off a broom handle to serve as a bat. What proceeded was an odd, smaller version of baseball. That game is now, 111 years later, known as the first softball game. Softball may have seen its death on the day of its birth if Hancock had not been so fascinated by it. In one week, he created an oversized ball and an undersized rubber-tipped bat and went back to the gym to paint permanent white foul lines on the floor. After he wrote new rules and named the sport indoor baseball, a more organized, yet still new, game was played. Its popularity was immediate.

http://www.paracletehs.org/technology/adv_comp/webs_sem2/catherine/newpage2.htm

Finding paragraph #2

I found out that he made it an indoor sport for baseball players to practice during winter. They played in the Farragut Boat club. Softball became a NCAA sanctioned sport in 1910. The NCAA College World Series is held each year. From 1982 -1987, the softball championship final was held in Omaha.

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #5

You learn softball, you learn to like softball, then you learn to love softball.
Author Unknown

http://www.inspirational-quotes-and-quotations.com/inspirational-softball-quotes.html

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #4

Softball is life, the rest is just details.
Tom, The Running Fools


http://www.inspirational-quotes-and-quotations.com/inspirational-softball-quotes.html

Graph/chart/map and citation

This is a chart of a softball diamond. It shows the press box, the dugout and everything.



http://www.lsusports.net/fls/5200/assets/docs/sb/views/09softball_chart.jpg

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #3

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
-Christy Mathewson

It means, that if you win, you learn nothing, if you lose, you learn from your mistakes.
http://softball-quotes.com/Site/Motivational_Quotes.html

Finding paragraph #1

I found out that George Hancock invented softball in the late 1880's. He used an old boxing glove for the ball by tying the laces together and used a broken broom for the bat. The first softball game was Yale alumni vs. Havard alumni. Yale won 44-40. It started when a Yale alumnus threw an old boxing glove at a Havard supporter and he hit it with a broken broom stick.

Photo, caption, and citation #3

This is Carolina Tarheels softball team.

http://dcsportsbox.com/main/images/stories/NCAA/UM/Softball/2009_03_21_umd_softball_northcarolina_game2_lead.jpg

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #2

Softball: Blood, sweat, and tears, and you still want more
by admin in Inspirational

http://www.softballquotes.net/

Photo, caption, and citation #2

This is a girl pitching at a softball game.

http://www.softballperformance.com/wp-content/uploads/image/youth-softball-pitcher.jpg

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #1

Go hard every play. You don’t want to leave anything behind and regret it years down the road that you didn’t give it all when you could have.
--Ashley DeBuhr, pitcher, Univ. of Nebraska

It means if you don't give the game all you got, you could regret it.

http://softball-quotes.com/Site/Softball_Quotes.html

Photo, Caption, and citation #1

This is the 1904 softball team. Yale Vs. Harvord. That was the first softball game.

http://www.caythorpecc.co.uk/images/1904_team.jpg

Wordle #1 based on one useful site

Preliminary links and descriptions

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsoftball.htm

In 1887, George Hancock, a reporter for Chicago Board of Trade, invented softball. He invented the game as a form of indoor baseball on a cold winter day inside the warm Farragut Boat Club.

This answered who invented softball, and when was it invented.

http://www.collegesportsscholarships.com/history-softball.htm

Softball is a variation of baseball and is a very popular participant sport, particularly in the United States. It is generally agreed that softball developed from a game called indoor baseball, first played in Chicago. It was called indoor-outdoor and Hancock emerged as the recognized authority in the 19th century.

http://www.clearleadinc.com/site/softball.html

picked up an old boxing glove and threw it at a nearby Harvard alumni who promptly tried to hit it back with a stick. The idea that struck George Hancock then is what sets the real history of softball. He tied together the laces of the boxing glove for a ball. Using a piece of chalk, Hancock marked off a home plate, bases and a pitcher's box inside the Farragut Boat Club gym. The two groups were divided into teams and the first softball match was played.

This answered how was softball invented.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_played_softball_first

The first softball game was played between Yale and Harvard alumni.

I asked who played the first game of softball?

Animoto Based on my topic

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What I want to know about my topic

I want to know who created softball? Want to know how softball was created? When was it created?

What I already know about my topic

I know that softballs are thrown underhand and softball is played on a smaller diamond than baseball. I know there are seven main positions in softball: Pitcher, Catcher, First Baseman, Second Baseman, Short Stop, Third Baseman, and Outfielder.

The Story behind my topic choice

I choose softball as my topic because softball has been in my famiy since my grandma was a kid. I love playing softball and I play as much as I can. My grandma played softball and the same with my mom, my grandma coached when my mom played.