As a team sport for female and males of all ages and abilities Softball offers participants many benefits:

• Shared enjoyment with friends and family 
• Improved health and fitness
• Increased physical activity and mental alertness
• Sense of belonging to a community with shared interests
• Improved life skills, including quick thinking, loyalty, sense of responsibility, heightened concentration, judgment, discipline and teamwork
• Opportunities to compete and represent their community, state or Australia
• Development of new skills, whether playing, coaching, scoring and/or umpiring
• Ability to accommodate female and male participants of all ages and skills levels
• Affordability – players starting out do not have to make a big financial commitment
• Fun!