Softball Complexes

 Overall Ranking-9/10 Midwest City MAC is a complex that is overall configured very well. When walking into the park you can tell how clean and kept up it is by the community. When traveling to Oklahoma for a tournament you never know what kind of complex you will play at. This complex consisted of only three fields which was very unusual. The fields were fully turfed, but once again had deep fences and temporary fences were put up to make it playable. This allowed teams to warm up behind the fields in a big area for anything you may need to do. When it was time to play the field was very nice like any other turf complex we have played out, but the dugouts were very well spaced. They were not too big or too small were you are on top of your teammates. When play began I noticed that the stands for the fans were great for viewing the field. Allowing for them to see over the field with every play that was happening. The playing experience here was top notch.  For the spectators coming the

 Overall Ranking-9.5/10 Mid-America is another park that holds a very large tournament. This tournament has teams come from across the country to play against the best. With college coaches coming to Kansas to recruit from all over the country as well. Some of the biggest names in softball coming to watch softball. This year playing at these fields there was even a team from New Zealand. The conditions of this complex it is definitely top notch. These ten fields are fully turfed for slow pitch games in the last couple years. There are two groups of four fields then two fields that are pretty far from the entrance. The distance of these two fields is what limited my score for this complex. Due to the fields being deeper they did have temporary fences up and mats for the pitchers to pitch from the appropriate distance. This was actually beneficial for all teams coming to play as it allowed teams to warm up behind the field before the game to prepare for the games. Not only was this space

Overall Ranking-5/10 Legacy Park holds one of the biggest tournaments over memorial day. Many teams come to play at this park right after the school year ends. It is a pretty typical dirt complex with eight fields total. This park included hitting tunnels in the middle of the two groups of four fields. This allowed teams to warm up and hit off front toss if needed. This area was very small and had very limited space to warm up with. A lot of teams had conflicts when finding warm up space, especially if they wanted to use the four tunnels that were available. When looking at the field conditions it appeared to be very good. Once you stepped on the field that changed quite a bit. The infield was very hard and had very little dirt covering the surface. This allowed for bad hops to occur throughout games on the field. In the outfield there were a lot of holes in the grass in spots the players would stand. This didn't change the plays on the field too much. The factor that did was the t

Overall Ranking-9.5/10  When I first arrived at this complex I was very surprised. It was very clean and well spread out. This softball complex was transformed from turf soccer fields. They build backstops and put temporary fences to create a softball complex. Due to these fields really being soccer fields the whole field was green. This factor was very different, but didn't change perspectives while playing as much as I would have thought. The foul lines on the field were made very distinct and didn't change play of the game at all. The batters box on the other hand was very faint and almost too small for play. This could have changed the game with players stepping out of the box while hitting/slapping. The warmup space for each team was something that was really beneficial for all teams. The areas in between fields allowed for each team to warm up properly and have space.  When talking about attending a softball game, the concession stand always plays a role. This complex was