Seniors' Softball Club System | The middle-aged and elderly softball club system is fully solved

⚾ What is Middle-aged Softball?

Softball for Seniors = Baseball "Mild" + Social Sport!

✅ Domestic: The main game is "Slow-pitch softball", the ball speed is slow, the rules are simplified, and uncles and aunts can also easily get started~

✅ Abroad: Known as the Senior Softball League, 50+/60+/70+ age group competition, the "bloody battlefield" of the silver-haired people

Domestic system | Beginner Wellness Bureau

How it is organized

Grassroots clubs: "Sunset Red Softball Clubs" are common in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and most of them are spontaneously formed by enthusiasts (such as the "Shanghai Lao Koehler Softball Team")

Enterprise/Alumni Team: Occasionally, the Retirement Office of State-owned Enterprises and the University Alumni Association are organized, and the activity time is random

Event Features:

Buddhist health: 1-2 times of training per month, focusing on "sweating + nagging", and equipment is often shared (Shared Gear)

Wild resources: coach = enthusiastic golfers, field = rubbing the school playground, league ≈ cross-regional friendly matches

Atmosphere keywords

"Happiness first, game second" "Drink wolfberry tea together after playing"

Foreign system | Professional pension player

️ How it's organized

National League: SSUSA (Senior Softball USA) covers all 50 states and hosts the World Championship every year!

Paid club: Japan's "シニアソフトボール Association" membership system, pay an annual fee to enjoy insurance + customized training

⚡ Event Features:

Professional operation: 3 times a week + physiotherapist to accompany the team, 70-year-old grandma can also play Home Run!

Global linkage: Canada VS Australia senior team regular cross-border PK, BBQ beer party must be held after the game

Atmosphere keywords

“Age is just a number!” "Retirement? I've just entered the MVP season in my life! ”

Domestic vs. Foreign: Core Differences

The goals are different

Domestic: Social+Wellness (Make friends & exercise)

Overseas: Competition+Break limits at any age

Resource gaps

Domestic: Relying on private enthusiasm to "generate electricity with love" (Limited funding)

Overseas: Systematic support for government/community/business

Cultural cognition

Domestic: "Fresh try, children feel dangerous ⚠️"

Abroad: "The national consensus is that children give their parents as gifts"

A guide to entering the pit

Domestic Players:

The first to recommend Glove (gloves) + sneakers, to start a health sports career~

Novices are advised to choose the Recreational League (entertainment level) to avoid being abused and cried by hardcore masters

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"Ask for a healthy softball partner!" ⚾

Let’s prove that softball has no age limit!