Softball
GenR - General Rules
A. Coaches who
are not pitching must remain in
foul territory until play is stopped.
B. No coach
will be allowed to make physical contact
with a player while play is live, such as touching
a
player while directing her to the next base.
1. should a coach interfer with a player of live ball
will result in that player being out. On a second
violation, the coach will not be allowed to be a
base coach for the remainder of that game.
C. Swearing
is not tolerated. Please keep the game
clean. Excessive swearing may result in a coach
being ejected from the games for that day.
1. If a coach is ejected from a game, that coach will
not be allowed to participate in any additional games
that day.
GR1 - Pitching
A.
This is a Coach Pitch League. The players do not pitch
B.
Coaches or parents are allowed to pitch.
No one under 18 is allowed to pitch to the players.
C. A
circle is to be marked around the pitching mound.
The pitcher must remain in that circle while pitching.
GR2 - Batting
A. Every kid bats
B.
Each team continues to bat util there are 3 outs
C. Each
kid gets 5 pitches.
1. The
batter is allowed to continue batting as long
as the batter does not have 3 stirkes or fouls off
the fifth pitch and consecutive pitches
a. if the batter fouls the fifth pitch but swings and
misses the sixth pitch, she is out, even if there
are only two strikes.
GR3 - Runners
A. There is no head first sliding.
1. Any player who slides head
first will be out.
B. If a runner runs out of the baseline
to
avoid a tag, the runner
is out
2. The runner is allowed
to attempt to cause
the fielder to miss them with the tag.
this rule is intended to call out the runner
who runs at least three feet or more out
of the way to avoid a tag. This rule is a
judgement call only decided by an umpire.
C. Runners may
not advance except when a ball is hit.
GR4 - Fielders
A. No fielder will be allowed
to block a bag,
even if the child
does not realize it, without
control
of the ball.
1. If a
bag is blocked by a fielder without
control of the ball will result in the runner
being
safe at that bag.
B. Each team is allowed to play all their
players in the field
1. The
infield must be a regular infield.
a. In other words, one first baseman, one second
baseman,
one third baseman and so on.
C. Playing with less than
9 players.
1. A team may elect
to play with as few as 7 players
a. If your team is only able to play with 8 players, you
must
take one out just following your last batter
(just before the top batter in the order comes up
to bat.)
b. If your team is only able to play with 7 players, you
must take two outs just following your last batter.
1a. egs. you have 8 players, you have one out
and the 8th batter hits the ball and gets put
out at first, that is out number two and out
number three. Your first batter will
wait until the next inning.
1aa. if you have a runner on third base and
that
runner crosses the plate at the same
time as egs 1a., that run does not count!
9 & 10 Intermediate
11 & 12 Major