Although the game of softball is played more for recreational purpose than as a professional sport. amateur softball association has set some rules for the game that can be followed in their website paasa.org. The amateur softball association and news has its jurisdiction over the whole of North America where the sports is most prevalent. However, paasa also controls the leagues of Asia, Europe, and South America.

Now lets come to the object of the game. The object of the game according to the paasa is to hit the ball with a bat and then run around the infield that has four bases. A right round will give the player one run and the number of rounds the player scores now will give him as many runs.

The paasa.org states that the game is to be played between two teams with 9 players each. One is known as the away team and the other known as the home team. The game has a total of seven innings which is split between the top and the bottom and within each innings, a team will either bat or ball. In the top innings, the one team bats and then the other team balls whereas the bottom innings witnesses the home team batting and the away team balling. The infield base is of a diamond shape. The four bases are named the home base, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd base. The home base is where the batter is positioned.