COACH PITCH RULES

General

• If communities have more than one team in a division, the teams shall be divided up as equally as possible providing pitchers, catchers, and mixing the grades for each team. If this rule is not followed, a team will not be eligible to participate in the League Tournament.

 

Eligibility

• Girls graduating from the 1st grade.

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Game

• Games will be 1 hour long, may play longer if no Mini game after.

• 11” safety ball will be used.

• Field will have a pitching circle and a 10’ arc around home plate.

• If tee is used batter gets two swings to hit a fair ball or will be called out, ball must travel beyond the arc and stay in fair territory to count as a batted ball.

• When ball is batted off the tee batter allowed no more than two bases (runner on first can only go to third).

• Base runners only allowed one base on an overthrow and one overthrow per batter (no home run because of 3 over throws).

• Base running will stop when the pitcher has the ball in the circle.

• Everyone bats each inning.

• No score will be kept due to the different number of batters each team has each inning.

• Batting helmets and catchers gear required.

• Last batter in each inning must be put out by force at 1st or throwing the ball to home and the catcher touching home plate.

• No umpires needed; coaches can call safe and out.

• Coach must pitch with 1 foot inside pitching circle.

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Softball Director

Jenny Peters

712-253-5473