Wrapping up on Osterman

This will be my last post on Cat Osterman. I'd like to focus on what I learned by doing this blog, and some things that I found challenging and successful.

There are two important things that i learned during this blog about Her. Never give up. This may seem really cheesy, but it's an important aspect in life. "Never giving up" can help you through any situation not just softball. Cat Osterman didn't give up on what she wanted to do in life. She kept working through the problems. And eventually she got to where she was in life. She is a great example to all of us on how try try again. I really like this aspect of Herbecause of the we can all learn from her and the examples she set in her life. In my post Softball vs. Baseball, I was really surprised because I didn't really know that there was such a huge difference between the two sports. But the speed and ball size..there is a lot more differences than what I thought there was.

When doing this blog, there were some things that was more difficult than other things. When working on my post on Osterman's accomplishments, I found it frustrating because I wanted more info on things but it was very difficult to find.  But I did enjoy that post because I found out that one person could do so much, in such little time. Another thing that was hard was finding the right things to help inform others about. There were a lot of blog on Cat Osterman but not so much credible sites that I could use information on.

The most rewarding thing about doing this project was overall learning about Her. I enjoyed learning about Cat, and hope you did to, it was amazing learning about a young lady who has made it in life. and helps others to succeed in her clinic that she runs.I also think that if I were to pursue my dream of playing softball than there are many opportunities out there. Really great scholarships for those who are players as well. Just because you don't succeed the first doesn't mean you should quite all together.

This is really cool to look back and remind myself and others on what this blog was for and now people could have learned from her.




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Softball vs. Baseball

I love softball which is why I chose to do this topic. Cat Osterman is a softball pitcher. I wanted to compare softball and baseball. How its different. Why one sports for women, and the other for men. In order for me to do this I have found two sources that have helped me with my comparison. baseball-fever.com and bellaonline.com. These websites have helped a lot and explains the differences and how softball came to be.

  This article baseball-fever.com,explains how women's sports is an evolution. It talks about how it was invented. " Softball was originally invented as an indoor winter game by men looking to train during the off-season." So even though softball is a women's sport. Softball was invented by men. A boating club, a boxing glove and a football game were a key part in the very first game of softball. The boating glove as the bat. A boxing glove for a glove or catching glove. "Softball was first introduced on Thanksgiving Day in 1887 at a Harvard-Yale football game. A man from Yale playfully threw a boxing glove at the Harvard grads after the game was done and bets were paid. A fan from Harvard hit the glove away with a broom handle. A game of indoor baseball commenced as a result."

Speed is a great comparison between softball and baseball. " How do the announcers arrive at that comparison and are they accurate?" This article will aim to answer both of these questions. When comparing softball pitching to baseball pitching ,it is the batters reaction time that has to be determinants. The reaction time comes from the fact that  "distance = rate x Time". Overall after researching the speeds of softball and baseball. Baseball has much faster speeds for pitching. At 70 mph and a reaction time of 0.360(s) for softball, 101.2(mph) is the equivalent to the pitch of baseball. Where 50(mph) with a reaction time of 0.505 for softball, 72.3(mph) is the equivalent for baseball. The guys that record how fast the pitch goes uses something called a radar gun. "Most radar guns that are used measure the ball speed as it leaves the pitchers hand.....therefore the Baseball pitching distance is 53.5 feet and a ball has to go 86.8(mph) to cover that distance in 0.42 seconds.

Bellow is a chart to help show the comparison of softball speeds to baseball speeds.




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Cat Osterman

Cat Osterman is a famous softball player. She was born Catherine Leigh Osterman, on April 16, 1983 to Gary and Laura Osterman. She has two younger brothers. She aged soccer and basketball until she filled in for a backup pitcher in softball. For her 11th birthday she asked for pitching lessons. Since there was another Catherine on her team, team members and coaches started called her 'cat' and that has stuck with her ever since.

Cat is left handed pitcher. She is 6'2 with hands so big,it's an advantage to her. It helps her put a spin on her fast ball. She graduated Cypress Springs High School as the Gatorade National Softball Player of the year. Than she got invited to join the USA Softballs national team. "She ranks first in the nation in strike outs per seven inning at 15.4, and is softball player to twice appear on the cover of sports illustrated." www.catosterman.com/about-me

I'm a softball player myself so I'm inspired by what she does.She is an amazing softball player. She has a clinic where she teaches kids how to pitch and that just inspiring to me. She is famous but doesn't let that get to her head. She a type of person you can look up. Yes I'm sure she has her own problems but it hasn't seemed to effect her career as a softball player. And that's something that everyone should cherish. And a lesson that everyone can learn from. Do what's right because someone is always watching you.


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