Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Regional Office IX, Zamboanga Peninsula

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HOPE 2
Quarter 3 – Module 8:
SOFTBALL

Name of Learner: ___________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________
Name of School:
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 WHAT I NEED TO KNOW
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SOFTBALL
Softball despite its name is far from a soft sport- for starters the ball isn’t even soft. It’s as hard
as a baseball, slightly larger; a softball is 12 inches (30.4cm) in circumference and a baseball
is 9 inches (22.8cm), and comes at batters at speeds sometimes in excess of 70mph (over
110kph).

There are plenty of reasons why softball is a super fun sport, so what else do we need to actually
get ourselves on the field? Probably nothing, but it also doesn’t hurt that there are a number of
health benefits you’ll receive just from having fun while playing softball.

In this module you are expected to attain the following objectives:

1. Self-assesses health-related fitness (HRF). status, barriers to physical activity
assessment participation and one’s diet (PEH11FH-IIg-i-6)

2. Engages in moderate to vigorous physical activities (MVPAs) for at least 60 minutes

most days of the week in a variety of settings in- and out- of school. (PEH11FH-IIa-t-8)

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 WHAT I KNOW

TRUE or FALSE

DIRECTIONS: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is
incorrect.

________1. Gripping is a basic skill in softball which is related to throwing.

________2. Catching is an offensive skill in softball.

________3. Nine (9) players compose a team in softball.

_______4. Fielding and throwing drills develop throwing accuracy in softball.

_______5. An inning is finished after both teams commit two outs.

_______6. A batter is out when he/she misses four (4) pitched balls.

_______7. Foul ball is a batted fly or ground ball that lands outside the foul line

_______8. A free walk is awarded to a batter on the fourth ball.

_______9. Lead is a team in softball which is related to running on base.

_______10. The official in softball is called referee.

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 WHAT’S IN

What are the topics that were discussed in your previous lesson? Which activities from
the previous lesson that you really enjoyed while answering the questions or doing the tasks?
From the topics and activities of the previous lesson, what have you gained and how do you
see the importance of it?

WHAT’S NEW

BIG IDEA
Softball has been referred to as ladies baseball
because it was generally played by women.

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 WHAT IS IT

The game of softball is similar to baseball but it is played with a larger ball and on a smaller
playing field. Softball was invented in Chicago, Illinois in 1887 and was originally an indoor
sport. Although it was known by various different names in the beginning, it finally got its
official name of “softball” in 1926. In 1933 a softball tournament at the Chicago World’s fair
prompted a lot of interest in the game.

That same year the Amateur Softball Association of America was founded. Prior to 2013 the
International Softball Federation regulated the rules of play in more than 10 countries. When
the World Baseball Softball Confederation was form in 2013 they look over this role.

As a sport predominantly played by women, softball is one of the biggest youth sports for girls.
It’s popular recreational past time game, and it has many health and fitness benefits!

Here are the Top 10 from Health Fitness Revolution and author of the book ReSYNC your Life
Samir Beic:

 Provides total body conditioning: Unlike other sports, softball is an activity that
requires multiple skills, and therefore provides total body conditioning.
Running, swinging, fielding and throwing all require a coordinated effort from
numerous muscles throughout the body.
 Anaerobic benefits and strength: Every single action in softball is an explosive
action. Hitting, throwing, quick lateral movements, jumps off the bases and others are
all explosive.
 Upper body development: The arm and shoulder muscles play a significant role in the
softball swinging and throwing motions. The rotator cuff, triceps, forearms, deltoids
and other major upper body muscles are central muscles for being able to swing, pitch
and throw with power.
 Mid and lower body conditioning: The power generated during batting comes from
the legs and the core. The oblique muscles on the sides of the abdomen are major
contributors to the rotational elements of the swinging and throwing motions.
 Requires increase flexibility: Overall flexibility is important in softball, but it is
especially important to increase flexibility in tight areas. Some of the common tight
muscles or muscle group among softball players are hamstring, hip flexors, calves and
chest area.
 Burns calories and fat: The average player burns around 300 calories per hour of play.
 Improves self-esteem: Players involved in sports like softball generally feel better
about themselves, both mentally and socially. Practicing, improving skills and
gradually achieving goals help build confidence, reduce stress and make them more
resistant to social pressure.

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  Mental benefits: Playing sports does more than whittle your waistline and firm up your
calves. Research shows that you can reap mental health advantages from playing sports,
too. Whether you like the single-minded focus of running or walking, or prefer the
camaraderie of a softball team, you’ll feel better if you play sport.
 Teaches teamwork: Working with coaches, trainers and teammates to achieve goals
is great practice for the real world where teaming up with others to meet goals are keys
to success.
 Develop leadership skills: People usually receive more benefits than they expect from
participating in sport. They get attention and respect that they may not receive
elsewhere, and participation provides them with opportunities for leadership and
socialization, as well as the development of skills for handling success and failure.

FITNESS COMPONENTS AND SAMPLE ACTIVITIES IN SOFTBALL

FITNESS COMPONENTS ACTIVITIES

1. Aerobic power 8-minute run
Aerobic means “with oxygen”. It is
also called endurance or During the 8-minute run, you began to
cardiovascular fitness. In other breathe harder and faster, and your muscles
words, it is how well your heart and began to get tired.
lungs provide oxygen to your
muscles.
2. Agility Shuttle run
Agility means being able to change
the direction of your body quickly You have to quickly stand up to start and then
and accurately change direction

Some reasons why agility is important:

 To react and move to a hit ball.
 To move quickly from catching or
fielding a ball, to throwing it to the
base.
 To steal a base on an overthrow.

3. Anaerobic lactic energy 2-minutes base race

Anaerobic lactic energy uses more
oxygen than explosive power
because is it longer in duration (more
than 30 seconds), but uses less
oxygen than aerobic power (more
than 2 minutes)

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 4. Balance Flamingo stance
Balance is the ability to remain
steady while standing still or while The flamingo stance tests your balance while
moving. standing still (stationary).

Balance is important:

 When in your ready stance (batting or

fielding) so that you don’t fall over.
 Every time you move (very important
for all movements, even just waling)

5. Coordination Hand slap test

Coordination is the ability to move
your body parts (arms/legs) smoothly
and accurately and quickly you could
move your upper limbs (arm/hands).
It is also tested hand-eye
coordination.

Coordination is important:
 To hit the ball when you are batting.
 To catch the ball in your glove and
squeeze the ball at the right time.
 To release the ball at the right time to
make an accurate throw
 To hit the inside corner of the base
when base running.
 To switch from fielding/catching to
throwing as quickly as possible.

6. Explosive power Standing long jump

Power is changing energy into force at a
fast rate. The force was how hard you The energy came from your legs and
pushed off from the ground. When you swinging arm.
use explosive power, you are doing
something as hard as you can, but you do
not breathe faster or get that “burning” in
your legs because they are tired.

Explosive power is important:

 To swing the bat with as much force
as possible.

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  To throw as hard as possible
 To start your sprint when base
running.
 To pitch a softball.
7. Flexibility Zipper test and modified sit and reach
Flexibility is how far you can stretch
and bend at your joints. It is expected The zipper test tests your shoulder joint and
that one side of your body will be shoulder muscles flexibility. The modifies sit
more flexible than the other. and reach tests your hip joint and hamstring
Flexibility is important: muscle flexibility.

 To prevent injury when running and

especially sliding.
 To throw harder, using the full arm
motion for more force.
 To hit harder, using the full hip
rotation motion and follow-through
for more force.

8. Muscular endurance Half push-up (upper body), abdominal

Muscular endurance is the ability of bridge (core) and wall press (lower body).
the muscles to work over and over.
The longer the muscles can work, the The half push-up tested your triceps muscles
more endurance it has. (back of the arm)

Muscular endurance is important: The abdominal bridge tested your core

(stomach and back) muscles.
 So that your body doesn’t get tired
during games (most probably during The wall press tested your quadriceps (front
tournaments) of upper legs) muscles.
 To pitch several innings.to remain in
the ready position for longer periods
of time.

9. Muscular strength Maximum number of push-ups (upper body)

Muscular strength is how much force Maximum number of sit-ups (core)
your muscles can exert to move an
object or to lift a heavy weight.

Muscular strength is important:

 To swing the bat with as much force

as possible.

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  To throw as hard as possible.
 To run as fast as possible when base
running.
 To pitch a softball.

10. Reaction time Ruler test

Reaction time is how much time goes
by between the stimulus and the In the ruler test, the movement of the ruler is
beginning of the movement. stimulus that you see and then react to.

Reaction time is important:

 To lead off a base as soon as the ball

leaves the pitcher’s hand
 To move in the direction of the ball
as soon as it is hit.

11. Speed 30 m. dash

Speed is your ability to perform a
skill in the shortest amount of time. The 30 m.dash tests how fast you run.

Speed is important:

 To swing the bat with as fast as

possible.
 To throw as fast as possible.
 To run as fast as possible.

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 WHAT’S MORE

Highest Governing Body World Baseball Softball Confederation

Characteristics

Team members 2 teams of 9-10

Type Bat-and ball

Equipment Softball ball
Softball bat
Softball glove
Bases

Presence

Olympic 1996-2008
2021

World games 1981, 1985

Invitational: 2009-2013

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 WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

ACTIVITY 2:
DIRECTIONS: Cite a generalization. Fill in the blank to complete the statement.

1. Playing softball will help me:

2. I have realized that playing softball is beneficial to my health, so I need to:

3. To prevent barriers in doing physical activities or playing sport I must consider:

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 WHAT I CAN DO

Activity 3:
DIRECTONS: Using a concept map, write the activities that you want to develop in some of
the components of fitness in softball. Write your answers inside the circles. You may add more
circles if necessary

Activities to
develop my
fitness
component in
playing softball

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 ASSESSMENT

DIRECTIONS: Answer briefly the questions ask.

1. Why do we need to engage ourselves in playing sports like softball?

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2. How are the components of fitness in softball will help me develop my overall
fitness?

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3. Is it necessary to do physical activities? How will you do it considering the threat of

corona virus?

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KEY ANSWER:

What’s In
Answers may vary!

What I have learned

Answers may vary!

Assessment
Answers may vary!

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Fernando – Callo, Lualhati, and Peter Fermin Dajime. 2016. “PHYSICAL EDUCATION and
HEALTH.” 100 – 104. Quezon City: REX Printing Company, Inc.

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DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Writer: Maria Theresa A. Abdurasid

Jan Noel B. Altabano
April S. Flauta

Editor
Language Editor:
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Layout Artist: Lucy Jean B. Lazaro

Management Team:
Julieto H. Fernandez, Ed. D., CESO VI
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ASDS-Isabela City
Henry R. Tura, CID Chief
Elsa A. Usman, LR Supervisor
Jani P. Ismael, EPS-MAPEH, Module Coordinator

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Here the trees and flowers bloom Gallant men and ladies fair linger with Cebuanos, Ilocanos, Subanons, Boholanos, Ilongos.
Here the breezes gently blows, Here All of them are proud and true.
the birds sung Merrily, love and care Region IX our Eden Land
The liberty forever stays. Golden beams of sunrise and sunset
Are visions you’ll never forget Region IX Our…
Here the Badjaos roam the seas. Oh! That’s Region IX Eden…
Here the Samals live in peace Land…
Here Tausogs thrive so tree
With the Yakans in unty. Hardworking people abound, every
valleys and dale

Hardworking people abound, every

valets and dale
Zamboangueños, Tagalogs, Bicolanos,
My Final Farewell
Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun caress'd Pearl Let the sun draw the vapors up to the sky,
of the Orient seas, our Eden lost!, And heavenward in purity bear my tardy protest Let some
Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's best, And kind soul o 'er my untimely fate sigh, And in the still
were it brighter, fresher, or more blest evening a prayer be lifted on high From thee, 0 my
Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost. country, that in God I may rest.

On the field of battle, 'mid the frenzy of fight, Pray for all those that hapless have died,
Others have given their lives, without doubt or heed; The For all who have suffered the unmeasur'd pain; For our
place matters not-cypress or laurel or lily white, Scaffold mothers that bitterly their woes have cried,
or open plain, combat or martyrdom's plight, For widows and orphans, for captives by torture tried And
T is ever the same, to serve our home and country's need. then for thyself that redemption thou mayst gain

I die just when I see the dawn break, And when the dark night wraps the graveyard around With
Through the gloom of night, to herald the day; And if color only the dead in their vigil to see
is lacking my blood thou shalt take, Pour'd out at need for Break not my repose or the mystery profound
thy dear sake And perchance thou mayst hear a sad hymn resound ' T is
To dye with its crimson the waking ray. I, O my country, raising a song unto thee.

My dreams, when life first opened to me, And even my grave is remembered no more Unmark'd by
My dreams, when the hopes of youth beat high, Were to never a cross nor a stone
see thy lov'd face, O gem of the Orient sea From gloom Let the plow sweep through it, the spade turn i t o' er That
and grief, from care and sorrow free; No blush on thy my ashes may carpet earthly f loor,
brow, no tear in thine eye. Before into nothingness at last they are blown.

Dream of my life, my living and burning desire, All hail ! Then will oblivion bring to me no care As over thy vales
cries the soul that is now to take flight; All hail ! And and plains I sweep;
sweet it is for thee to expire ; Throbbing and cleansed in thy space and air
To die for thy sake, that thou mayst aspire; And sleep in With color and l ight, with song and lament I fare, Ever
thy bosom eternity's long night. repeating the faith that I keep.
If over my grave some day thou seest grow, In the grassy My Fatherland ador' d, that sadness to my sorrow lends
sod, a humble flower, Beloved Filipinas, hear now my last good -by!
Draw it to thy lips and kiss my soul so, I give thee all: parents and kindred and friends
While I may feel on my brow in the cold tomb below The For I go where no slave before the oppressor bends,
touch of thy tenderness, thy breath's warm power. Where faith can never kill, and God reigns e' er on high!
Let the moon beam over me soft and serene, Let the dawn Farewell to you all, from my soul torn away,
shed over me its radiant flashes, Let the wind with sad
lament over me keen ; And if on my cross a bird should be Friends of my childhood in the home dispossessed! Give
seen, thanks that I rest from the wearisome day!
Let it trill there its hymn of peace to my ashes. Farewell to thee, too, sweet friend that lightened my w ay;
Beloved creatures all, farewell! In death there is rest!

I Am a Filipino, by Carlos P. Romulo

I am a Filipino–inheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the I am a Filipino, child of the marriage of the East and the West.
uncertain future. As such I must prove equal to a two-fold task– The East, with its languor and mysticism, its passivity and
the task of meeting my responsibility to the past, and the task of endurance, was my mother, and my sire was the West that came
performing my obligation to the future. thundering across the seas with the Cross and Sword and the
Machine. I am of the East, an eager participant in its spirit, and in
its struggles for liberation from the imperialist yoke. But I also
I sprung from a hardy race, child many generations removed of know that the East must awake from its centuried sleep, shake off
ancient Malayan pioneers. Across the centuries the memory the lethargy that has bound his limbs, and start moving where
comes rushing back to me: of brown-skinned men putting out to destiny awaits.
sea in ships that were as frail as their hearts were stout. Over the
sea I see them come, borne upon the billowing wave and the
whistling wind, carried upon the mighty swell of hope–hope in the I am a Filipino, and this is my inheritance. What pledge shall I
free abundance of new land that was to be their home and their give that I may prove worthy of my inheritance? I shall give the
children’s forever. pledge that has come ringing down the corridors of the centuries,
and it shall be compounded of the joyous cries of my Malayan
forebears when first they saw the contours of this land loom
I am a Filipino. In my blood runs the immortal seed of heroes– before their eyes, of the battle cries that have resounded in every
seed that flowered down the centuries in deeds of courage and field of combat from Mactan to Tirad Pass, of the voices of my
defiance. In my veins yet pulses the same hot blood that sent people when they sing:
Lapulapu to battle against the first invader of this land, that nerved
Lakandula in the combat against the alien foe, that drove Diego
Silang and Dagohoy into rebellion against the foreign oppressor. ―I am a Filipino born to freedom, and I shall not rest until
freedom shall have been added unto my inheritance—for myself
and my children and my children’s children—forever.‖
The seed I bear within me is an immortal seed. It is the mark of
my manhood, the symbol of dignity as a human being. Like the
seeds that were once buried in the tomb of Tutankhamen many
thousand years ago, it shall grow and flower and bear fruit again.
It is the insignia of my race, and my generation is but a stage in
the unending search of my people for freedom and happiness.

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