


Each player must remain in their zone during play. home run zone, triple zone, double zone, pitcher and catcher.
WIFFLE BALL STRIKE ZONE NET FULL
With a full complement of 10 players, the fielding players can each be assigned a role or zone i.e. With just 2 players, one is the hitter and one of the pitcher.

Wiffle Ball can be played with between 2 and 10 players. At least one Wiffle Bat is required (although the game can be played with a broom handle or some other form of replacement) and a couple of Wiffle Balls (just in case one gets lost or broken). The equipment needed for Wiffle Ball is minimal. The game of Wiffle Ball itself also has an overriding objective, and that is to be a miniature game of baseball that requires very little equipment and can be played in a wide variety of places safely and enjoyably. The object for each team in Wiffle Ball is to score more runs than their opponent, thus winning the game. A World Whiffle Ball Championship has been played since 1980. The size of the pitch can vary depending upon the size of the space a game is played in.įrom its inception, the popularity of the game grew rapidly, and it has been played in backyards, city streets, beaches and recreational sports pitches for generations, remaining popular to this day. The game is played on a triangular pitch with different scoring zones. Such simplified baseball games have existed for decades in one form or another, but the modern game of Wiffle Ball came into existence in 1953 when a gentleman by the name of David Mullany designed an easily curvable ball for his 12 years old son.īecause his son and his friends called a strike a ‘whiff’, the ball was soon christened the Wiffle Ball and a trademark followed soon after. Wiffleball is a simplified version of the game of baseball that is designed to be a miniature version of the game that is suitable to be played both indoor and outdoors, often in confined spaces.
