Softball Occupations

Introduction
Throughout life people experience different occupations that they find pleasurable, productive or even restorative. Some of these occupations that they experience can also be short term or life-long depending on the occupation. One of my favorite occupations that I love to do is softball. Softball is an occupation that I find pleasurable and often I feel the presence of ‘flow’. This occupation brings meaning to my life and aids to my journey of living a healthier lifestyle.
Softball is a type of baseball that is played on a smaller field and that ball is larger and softer than that of a normal baseball (Softball definition of softball in English | Oxford Dictionaries 2016). In order to play a game of softball a person has to have
When softball first began it was an all male sport and then in the 194O's for the 600 members of the AllAmerican Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), established by Philip K. Wrigley during the war years to preserve the game of baseball in 1951 the first official female umpire was hired; her name was Madeline Norton ( (Historical Timeline for the ISF, 2006). All women teams from five different countries played in Australia for the world championship in 1965 (Historical Timeline for the ISF, 2006). Fast pitch softball started in 1981 and was followed by slow pitch in 1987 (Historical Timeline for the ISF, 2006). According to the article “History of Softball”, “In 1991, women’s fast pitch softball was selected to debut as a medal sport at the 1996 Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia” (Historical Timeline for the ISF, 2006).
I started playing softball when I was eleven years old. I played for my middles school and that is when I first began to love the game. Throughout the rest of middle school all the way till now I have still played the game and I believe that I will be able to continue playing the game on into my 50’s and 60’s as long as my body allows me to continue the game. Although I may not be able to play the actual game, I could still see myself being able to play a modified form of the game so that I would be able to continue this occupation throughout my life.
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Summary
From this evidence softball is an occupation that can be carried out through most of the lifespan. This occupation is one that brings a lot of pleasure and meaning to my life. This evidence shows that softball is an occupation that started in 1887 and continues today with many different ways to play the game such as slow pitch or even fast pitch. Softball is an occupation that can be played by people of all age, race, and gender as long as you have a field, equipment and enough people to play the game.

OCCUPATIONAL EVIDENCE: SOFTBALL 5
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