Played Florida Senior Softball for years. Occasional home run. Then a decision was made to go from .47 COR balls to .40 COR balls. The big young slow pitch guys were using .50 COR balls. For some reason, guys that weigh over 250 lbs, hit more home runs. Nice to see the Space Coast USSSA stadium completed. Maybe there will be an over 80 tournament.
I think the fact that it is slow pitch so the pitcher is not providing any of the power therefore it is all up to the hitter. A guy like Altuve at 5'5"ish 155 would never hit as many home runs as the big guys in slow pitch softball even though he has 17 at the all-star break this year.
These giys waste homeruns with solo shots. Smart teams get the guys who cant keep in the park to eventially run out of homeruns in later innings. Have umpired 1,000s of these games. Between the rolled bats and higher core balls these games are boring.
Came back to watch this after watching the 2021 longest homeruns and my God, the difference in distance between the new 240 stamp bats and the old 220.....🔥⛽
@nimfa mcdonald Um I play competitively and as a player it's much better to not be trotting around 12 times a game. What 'tone' is there , its an opinion current players hold.
@nimfa mcdonald Im telling you that people dont want a useless spectacle of the trot in the current game since you obviously havent played since the ww2 era. Its not 'laziness' dumbass.
The pitchers have 5 seconds to pitch each pitch and are trying to get the batter to miss the sweet spot on the bat by a fraction of an inch to give their defense a chance to make a play.
@@sw48 make them miss the sweet spot by doing a bunch of pump fakes? That makes no sense. Them doing that makes no difference in the way the ball is coming over the plate and the location the batters hit it on the bat. I think it’s to mess with the timing, because sometimes they do they pump fakes and sometimes they’ll go fast. I’ve faced pitchers who did that in baseball (change pitching rhythm). It’s actually quite effective, because as a hitter, you can never get the right timing down.
@@michaelof2000 faking is just a part of the overall strategy which includes changing eye level, speed, and location as well as throwing knuckleballs and curves
That is mid america ballyard which are adult men's slowpitch fields 300 feet. High school softball fields are 200 feet. Maybe they had a temp fence up for your sister's game.
Can someone explain the Home run rule? I heard from my dad that at one point Home Runs are automatic outs and that they don’t have to run the bases either. Is that also in play in these tournaments
This is conference usssa where teams can hit 8 to 16 hr per game and the smoky mountain classic is unlimited. But all of softball is hit and sit. No one wants to see players run the bases
"Pitches" going 10-15mph, and bats that are so hot numerous organizations don't even allow them to be used. Hahahaha!!! What amazing "athletes" these guys are.... It's like watching WWE wrestling....
@@jelly7310 Mad? My reply was one sentence. No cussing, no exclamation points, no capital letters, nothin.... But you interpreted it as "sounding mad"?? 5th grade reading comprehension isn't exactly your strong suit is it Einstein?? Wanna try again? Or you had enough embarrassment for one day??
Wow!! Super talented to hit a Underhand pitch 1 mph , I’m so impressed lol can they pitch it more slower , can’t believe that they think they are actually good
When I played Ball back about a dozen years ago now, the amount of HRs teams were hitting was beginning to get ridiculous. I see that it's only increased 10-fold. I played in a league where you get 1 Hr per inning, then they tried the first two players to hit HRs in a game, were the ONLY ones allowed to hit them. Anyone else it's an OUT. Then one season I played in a field with no fences... definitely a different feeling with no fence.😕
I played in a league like that. 1 HR per game mostly. We also would do 1 pitch tournaments. Moved the game along so more teams could enter. Hit it , walk if it's a ball and fouls were outs. Pretty fun
It actually is similar to baseball in that you need to swing at a strike. If you swing at bad pitches you lose a 100 points on your onbase percentage which the goal is to be on 700. The only way to get to 700 is swing at good pitches and be willing to walk. Sometimes that results in a k
I struck out once in slow pitch and it was the most humiliating thing Ive ever done. Took about 9 years to walk 30 feet to the dugout. Good thing 11 of my best friends were in the dugout screaming with laughter and heckling me the whole way.....
@@sw48 yeah i get that. I always appreciate your videos and watch nearly all of them. Credit to the conference guys for being this good and hitting the balls this hard... but Homeruns just get old. No matter how far they're hit. I see 400ft+ balls all the time. Edit: and I dont say that to be a dick or brag. Its just pretty common is all.
One time I officiated a softball game in a tournament and 11 or 12 batters in a row hit home runs. We were in an open field and batters would point in the direction that they were going to hit the ball and then hit it over the outfields head or too far infield for them to catch it.
That's why this sport fucking sucks at the top level. Bunch of middle-aged roid-ragers playing a kids game. If you're gonna hit 11 home runs in a row, it's clearly not a game of talent anymore its just brute strength. Go compete in a lifting contest or something and stop destroying the game of baseball.
Limited arch 12’ . Most of these Home Runs are off the same pitcher. EX college and semi pro players. A+ players. Good thing they limited the Home Runs per innings or the game would take to long to finish. lol
Are the home run rules the same in all slow pitch softball where each team only gets a certain amount of them before they're just ref*ckingdonkulously long outs??
At night with a perfect backdrop and a fluorescent ball and yet you couldn't track not a single ball in flight. I applaud your efforts and very much enjoy your videos but the videography needs to be panned back a tad.
Wow!!! You must have some serious talent to hit a 1mph underhanded pitch ! 🤦🏻♂️ plus seriously give each other high fives for that??? Pitch over handed fast ball !! Let’s see if you can hit
The object of the game is not to make contact, contact is a given. You are thinking about baseball which is a different game. The object of this game is to reach base safely 70% of the time.
lol the fake pitch thing is hilarious. the ball goes so slow that you have eternity to hit it lol I'll ne er understand why they do this. played in a many of tournaments and thus never made since to me coming from baseball to this was easy.
What's with all the faking pitches? I'm just a recreational player, but I've never seen anyone faked out or have their timing thrown off. Of course that would mess you up in baseball or fastpitch, but a slow pitch ball comes too slow to really do much with it. Anytime someone does that crap, I just step out until they're ready to stop being cool.
@@barneyruble756 never in my life am I googling your name bud. I could hit a ball farther than you with my eyes closed. These dudes could do it left handed
I've played ball all my life and I've seen former MLB players, even Tim Salmon and the farthest balls he has ever seen. But, ask anyone in BC who hits the farthest and its a guy named Marshal Winser from Keremeos BC.
these pitchers doing all this weird shit fake throwing would piss me off lol
Thats the point, small thing they can do to disrupt the rhythm when throwing underhand to giant humans lol.
@@loungezinger rhythm? The ball is going 30mph. Its a pointless tactic.
100%
@@loungezinger bro... the ball is moving so slow lol those fakes are doing nothing lol
@MrCmonster13 No kidding when did that shit become a thing?
Played Florida Senior Softball for years. Occasional home run. Then a decision was made to go from .47 COR balls to .40 COR balls. The big young slow pitch guys were using .50 COR balls. For some reason, guys that weigh over 250 lbs, hit more home runs.
Nice to see the Space Coast USSSA stadium completed. Maybe there will be an over 80 tournament.
I think the fact that it is slow pitch so the pitcher is not providing any of the power therefore it is all up to the hitter. A guy like Altuve at 5'5"ish 155 would never hit as many home runs as the big guys in slow pitch softball even though he has 17 at the all-star break this year.
These giys waste homeruns with solo shots. Smart teams get the guys who cant keep in the park to eventially run out of homeruns in later innings. Have umpired 1,000s of these games. Between the rolled bats and higher core balls these games are boring.
People type so long right here 😳
Go back to aluminum. The sport is dying .. Participation down 80 % in our state
@Paul15. That seems to be the case. I played for years, from about 1999-2011. Now, all the places I played have been shut down for nearly a decade.
The guy taking the video sounds like he just wants to go home 😂
Victor
His poor wife.
High-level slow pitch softball is pretty boring
He sounds like that shitty 80's comedian.
Thinks he an a and r
I used to talk my kids to Softball World in Cleveland Ohio to watch the Men's Majors, what a great time.
Me too. www.youtube.com/@sw48
is that what it sounds like in the booth when you take 5 Valiums?
No that’s four valiums 5 and it’s more like uhhhhhhh baseballll zzzz zzzzz zzzzzz
Dude trying to hard to sound smooth
Came back to watch this after watching the 2021 longest homeruns and my God, the difference in distance between the new 240 stamp bats and the old 220.....🔥⛽
240's are hotter?
Which is better?
I love when someone hits an angry homerun. "Let him shout a rage so strong, a rage that knows no right or wrong"
This is serious business. I dig it.
The way they catch up to the ball when they’re behind and still make contact with amazing skill
Ppl didn't get it!
hahah does the arm flailing really throw off a batter's timing when it comes in at 40mph?? Answer: DEFINITELY
@@geoffreyfaltot1006 it works in beer leagues for sure
@@anepB Haha because they're hammered
Is the no home run trot just a time saver?
yes
Yah and it happens so often , its not like MLB. Kinda dumb to hr trot 12 times a game.
@nimfa mcdonald Um I play competitively and as a player it's much better to not be trotting around 12 times a game. What 'tone' is there , its an opinion current players hold.
@nimfa mcdonald Im telling you that people dont want a useless spectacle of the trot in the current game since you obviously havent played since the ww2 era. Its not 'laziness' dumbass.
@@loungezinger like watching a charity 5k with balls.
this is usssa slowpitch? the fields seem small is it a different kind of ball theyre using?
Different fields are different sizes and use different balls. But pretty much all of these fields are 300 or are baseball fields.
What camera are you using?
sony handycam 4k
Are the pitchers faking the toss to confuse the hitter? Or for accuracy?
The pitchers have 5 seconds to pitch each pitch and are trying to get the batter to miss the sweet spot on the bat by a fraction of an inch to give their defense a chance to make a play.
@@sw48 make them miss the sweet spot by doing a bunch of pump fakes? That makes no sense. Them doing that makes no difference in the way the ball is coming over the plate and the location the batters hit it on the bat. I think it’s to mess with the timing, because sometimes they do they pump fakes and sometimes they’ll go fast. I’ve faced pitchers who did that in baseball (change pitching rhythm). It’s actually quite effective, because as a hitter, you can never get the right timing down.
@@michaelof2000 faking is just a part of the overall strategy which includes changing eye level, speed, and location as well as throwing knuckleballs and curves
Badass video thank you for sharing 🤙
Crazy how serious this is taking and the quality of players
Do they keep the score? Can player make money doing it? It should be taking serious.
Yes the players in this video make money playing.
Is this a softball game, Or a home run contest?
Is there actually fielding, base running, strategy?
Yes but this particular video was the longest home runs of the year
3:28 this is a high school softball field my sister played on it before
That is mid america ballyard which are adult men's slowpitch fields 300 feet. High school softball fields are 200 feet. Maybe they had a temp fence up for your sister's game.
Can someone tell me what this is called? Nobody is running bases?
They don't run the bases if they hit a homer. No point.
@@High-Flow-Drainage-Solutions what about the rest of the rules?
@@paulprince1364 It is basically the same as baseball. Just different ball and different style of pitching.
The unbelievable level of bro-ness.
playing a girls game
Every guy in the lineup hits a homer every at bat and you can tell by the excitement of the announcers voice when they do hit one lol
Can someone explain the Home run rule? I heard from my dad that at one point Home Runs are automatic outs and that they don’t have to run the bases either. Is that also in play in these tournaments
This is conference usssa where teams can hit 8 to 16 hr per game and the smoky mountain classic is unlimited. But all of softball is hit and sit. No one wants to see players run the bases
What sport is this
This is hilarious! An underhand, slow pitch, a jacked ball, a $1400 bat, Yea, I'd kinda hope these boys could hit it over the fence hahahahaha.
Not how it works but Ok
I wonder if you can hit it as far as them.
The pitcher wears catcher ítems xD
I know I played slow pitch for 25 years, it's no big deal, really , 400ft shots were the norm
Guarantee you can’t get it out of the infield
"Pitches" going 10-15mph, and bats that are so hot numerous organizations don't even allow them to be used. Hahahaha!!! What amazing "athletes" these guys are....
It's like watching WWE wrestling....
And?
@@jelly7310 if you cant comprehend the simplistic context of my post, then it's ok, you can go back to looking at shiny things....
@@thedevil3890 damn, you sound mad. Who said they were "amazing athletes"
why did you not make your church league team?
@@jelly7310 Mad? My reply was one sentence. No cussing, no exclamation points, no capital letters, nothin.... But you interpreted it as "sounding mad"?? 5th grade reading comprehension isn't exactly your strong suit is it Einstein??
Wanna try again? Or you had enough embarrassment for one day??
@@thedevil3890 now you sound madder.
I didn’t know softball could be this hardcore
It is a great game, you should try some tournament ball.
LAME
Anyone ever hear an announcer so alive?! 😂
I was abt to comment abt that lol I died in the second clip where he said “and ohhh he crushed it” all in lowercase letters lol
Not in slow pitch lol
Never knew someone could sound more boring than joe buck until I watched this video
You would think you’re watching Golf
"Cleeeaaaarrrr eyyyeeeessss"
What is up with the pitching ?
these are the best slowpitch pitchers in the nation
@@sw48 I get that but that’s literally the first time I saw that so what’s with the pump fakes is what I mean is that a tactic they use ?
In usssa slowpitch the pitcher gets 5 seconds to pitch
@@sw48 ah got ya
@@mikep3008 Basically they trying to throw off the hitters timing with the fakes. Never been a fan of it but it’s part of the game
Where are those stadiums? they look Really nice
Space Coast Stadium complex in Viera, Florida
Is this at Ripken
no, this video was in maryville, tn
how big are these fields?
The video is the longest home runs from many different sized fields from normal softball slowpitch fields to full size baseball fields
Normally around 300 or so
These aren't games, they're a home run derby
This is a longest home runs video
Wow!! Super talented to hit a Underhand pitch 1 mph , I’m so impressed lol can they pitch it more slower , can’t believe that they think they are actually good
the object of slowpitch is not to make contact like baseball.
You’re supposed to hit tanks in this
they dont round the bases?
Slowpitch has been hit and sit for home runs for over 20 years. Saves a lot of time and field time is expensive. Shortens the games.
@@sw48 Thanks for the explanation!
When I played Ball back about a dozen years ago now, the amount of HRs teams were hitting was beginning to get ridiculous.
I see that it's only increased 10-fold.
I played in a league where you get 1 Hr per inning, then they tried the first two players to hit HRs in a game, were the ONLY ones allowed to hit them. Anyone else it's an OUT.
Then one season I played in a field with no fences... definitely a different feeling with no fence.😕
My on adult league using a field with no fences for some games. It’s kinda weird it’s the only time you see people actually trying to pick the gap 😂
This is a joke.
I played in a league like that. 1 HR per game mostly. We also would do 1 pitch tournaments. Moved the game along so more teams could enter. Hit it , walk if it's a ball and fouls were outs. Pretty fun
I always wonder how anyone could ever strike out and not hit a homerun every time.
It actually is similar to baseball in that you need to swing at a strike. If you swing at bad pitches you lose a 100 points on your onbase percentage which the goal is to be on 700.
The only way to get to 700 is swing at good pitches and be willing to walk. Sometimes that results in a k
Lol .. these videos make me laugh ... bunch of twats
I struck out once in slow pitch and it was the most humiliating thing Ive ever done. Took about 9 years to walk 30 feet to the dugout. Good thing 11 of my best friends were in the dugout screaming with laughter and heckling me the whole way.....
@@cheesegreezy9860 hahahha
@@sw48 i don’t really like that rule 😭
Love slowpitch but HRs are a snoozefest😴 would like to see a big change in bats and balls in the coming years
Go back to the old bats, get rid of the light bats, and go back to the SB12 balls. Less homeruns and more actual softball being played.
Yeah looking at this video it looks like HR derby most games
These were the longest home runs from 20 tournaments and 600 teams...
@@sw48 yeah i get that. I always appreciate your videos and watch nearly all of them. Credit to the conference guys for being this good and hitting the balls this hard... but Homeruns just get old. No matter how far they're hit. I see 400ft+ balls all the time.
Edit: and I dont say that to be a dick or brag. Its just pretty common is all.
Should be playing with 90' basepaths, pitcher backed up some but bigger plate or something to help, 400' fields or wooden bats
One time I officiated a softball game in a tournament and 11 or 12 batters in a row hit home runs.
We were in an open field and batters would point in the direction that they were going to hit the ball and then hit it over the outfields head or too far infield for them to catch it.
That's why this sport fucking sucks at the top level. Bunch of middle-aged roid-ragers playing a kids game. If you're gonna hit 11 home runs in a row, it's clearly not a game of talent anymore its just brute strength. Go compete in a lifting contest or something and stop destroying the game of baseball.
Limited arch 12’ . Most of these Home Runs are off the same pitcher.
EX college and semi pro players. A+ players.
Good thing they limited the Home Runs per innings or the game would take to long to finish. lol
Are the home run rules the same in all slow pitch softball where each team only gets a certain amount of them before they're just ref*ckingdonkulously long outs??
Yes. Although the Smoky and the USSSA Major World Series (baseball field) are unlimited
Why don't they trot around the bases after a homerun??
They play up to 7 games in day and running on a homer takes too much time.
@@sw48 Thank you.
So I've been away from softball since the 90's. I know unfortunately everything changes, but what the hell happened to running the bases?
Hit and sit if you hit a home run. Saves time and has been this way for 20 years.
Who is the Narrater? Epic
Use wood bats gentlemen. Thank you.
I think they will still hammer the ball bc how slow it’s coming
For real. Its just not that hard.
@@Jarrettguitar It's easy to hit. Not easy to hit it hard.
@@High-Flow-Drainage-Solutions psssshhh unreal
Why are the pitchers masked up but not the ump?
It is slowpitch. Exit speeds exceed 110 mph
@@sw48 thanks
What kind of ball?
Dudley Pro M
These guys seem to get pretty excited about batting practice
Might be a little harder than it looks unless you are talking about making contact. Contact is a given in slowpitch.
Way to follow the ball!
This has to be the most ridiculous old guy flex ever. Softball? More lifted trucks and white oakleys than I can handle.
U nailed it
I promise you can’t hit a ball like that tho
What’s with all the balks? 😂
At night with a perfect backdrop and a fluorescent ball and yet you couldn't track not a single ball in flight. I applaud your efforts and very much enjoy your videos but the videography needs to be panned back a tad.
Not sure what you mean by panned back. Also looking at a 2 inch screen.
This Harvey fella definitely played some form of pro ball it seems. Swing is definitely more fundamental than the others.
He played 10 years of high level minor leagues.
How about running the bases :-)
Why?
In baseball they do?
@@tbiz8459, baseball isn't under time constraints.
The clowniness of the pitchers at this level never ceases to amaze me.
Wow 325 ft fence lol. Hit me up when they hittin dingers over 400 ft fence.
Slowpitch major softball is played on softball and baseball fields.
How Far???
Anyone ever seen the outfield lights get hit ?
Yes
LMAOOO!! Look at 5:40 to the left. You're welcome!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
What am I looking at? Someone throwing a bat trying to make it land in the basket?
@@MikeLowry488 Nah, the guy by the basket got scared when he saw the bat flying🤣
These guys should be sponsored by a syringe manufacturer 😂
Not a whole lot of skill, but some good power.
Harvey's ball is still In the air
The bats are so hot! Don’t think majority of these guys could use aluminum bats like the 80s and 90s players at this level!!
The players at the top are there for a reason.
@@sw48 hot bats! played for aja tps kc services. long haul trucking and jwm herbs
Guy in dugout - "Oooooohhhhhhh"
That pitcher was really making those batters look bad with those start and stop moves.
That stutter-pitch thing some of the pitchers were doing is frustrating to watch as a spectator. Just let go of the damn ball already.
Why can’t they run out a homer?
Takes too much time.
@@sw48 shit. It’s 60 ft to each base. Just run. If it takes that long to jog the bases, you probs shouldn’t be playing
Wait....they don't have to run the bases on a homer?
no
Is he a lefty?? (The first one)
no
Um... I might be new to this, but why aren't the throwing it harder?
Slowpitch softball. This is not baseball.
Softball?
Now try that with a 84MPH changeup with hella movement.
slowpitch contact is automatic
two completely different games baseball and slowpitch
I wish he would make videos to help me go to sleep
I’m gonna make it on here one day
Bradley Jones has the absolute fastest hands in the softball world!
Its softball, why TF would you need fast hands lol
@Nunyo faster you can swing the bat equals more power
this parking lot is packed with lifted diesel trucks
Man, you could find some softball out there in those trees if you wanted to look.
Move the fences back 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Looks like they need to make the field longer.
These are the best of the best players. They play on all sizes of fields.
I have played at that field and got a triple.
Triple cheeseburger maybe.
@@garyjoseph6574 LMAO
Wow!!! You must have some serious talent to hit a 1mph underhanded pitch ! 🤦🏻♂️ plus seriously give each other high fives for that??? Pitch over handed fast ball !! Let’s see if you can hit
The object of the game is not to make contact, contact is a given. You are thinking about baseball which is a different game. The object of this game is to reach base safely 70% of the time.
My grandmother can hit that shit i agree try hitting an 95mph fast like that see what happens they couldn’t even see it.
If the announcer gets any more excited he might fall asleep
What is there to be excited about??
Wooooowwwww Sooooooooo impressed.......-_-
"Longest home runs of 2020!":
Shows a guy hitting a grounder up the middle.
Cool, dude.
lol the fake pitch thing is hilarious. the ball goes so slow that you have eternity to hit it lol I'll ne er understand why they do this. played in a many of tournaments and thus never made since to me coming from baseball to this was easy.
Easy to make contact. Not easy to reach base safely 70% of the time which is what it takes to move up each level.
What's with all the faking pitches? I'm just a recreational player, but I've never seen anyone faked out or have their timing thrown off. Of course that would mess you up in baseball or fastpitch, but a slow pitch ball comes too slow to really do much with it. Anytime someone does that crap, I just step out until they're ready to stop being cool.
I would say you have a lot to learn about the game.
Calm down commentator, you are way to excited
I do get pretty worked up. :)
@@sw48 😄😄
Name bats please
Unfortunately I don't know the bats.
Short pop flies let me know when you get to 500 ft plus
I bet you cant hit farther then them your prilly 12
Your names Barney bub. You have no business commenting on anything sports related.
@@benjw1234 Tropicana Field upper deck shot , goggle me
Still good
@@barneyruble756 never in my life am I googling your name bud. I could hit a ball farther than you with my eyes closed. These dudes could do it left handed
how is a homerun derby A GAME?
These were videos of the longest home runs, this wasn't one game or home run derby.
Buildings and Car Traffic...Some of these Balls must do a lot of damage
We have had a few broken car windows and building windows over the years.
The guy talking sounds so bored and funny at the same time lol
Round bat, Round ball but you gotta hit it square.
I've played ball all my life and I've seen former MLB players, even Tim Salmon and the farthest balls he has ever seen. But, ask anyone in BC who hits the farthest and its a guy named Marshal Winser from Keremeos BC.
I love softball guy, always believes he's still just one swing away from the big leagues
The way the pitchers hesitate is so annoying, just pitch the F ing thing, he's going to crush it anyways
Hitting a softball homerun is too easy. Take away the fences
These are the best players.
I agree, take away the fences completely and see what these sluggers can do when they have to run.
I don’t get slow pitch softball. It’s just BP
You can't get passed the slowness of the pitch so you don't understand the game. You think its "easy baseball" when it isn't baseball at all. :)
Those fucking pitchers would drive me crazy
You guys gonna have to start testing for PEDs , these guys are monsters
Con ese puchero lanzando suave. Asta un Diego la saca del estadío
"hammered.. way outta here.."