RULES

A Ball:

1. Games will be 4 complete innings or 50 minutes, which ever comes first.
2. All players will play in the field each inning.
3. There are no rules regarding defensive positioning of your players. Although, it is strongly suggested that they are spread out to deter “scrums” for the ball.
4. All players will bat each inning. The batter gets 5 swings to hit the ball, after five swings the batter walks to first base.
5. A batter and the base runners can only advance one base each hit or walk.
6. Bases will be 30 feet apart.
7. A tee will be used for batting, please no coach pitch. A coach from the team batting will wait until the defense is ready and then place the ball on the tee for the batter to hit.
8. The offensive team can have a coach at every base and 3 coaches from defensive team can be positioned in the field.
9. There are no outs recorded and the last batter in order can run all the bases.
10. No score will be kept by the parents or coaches.

AA Ball:

1. Games will be 4 complete innings or 50 minutes, which ever comes first.
2. All players will play in the field each inning.
3. Defensive team can have two pitchers and four infielders with the remaining players positioned behind the base paths.
4. Bases will be 40 feet apart.
5. All players will bat each inning.
6. An offensive coach will pitch 3 balls to the batter. If the batter does not hit the ball the tee will be used. Please limit the pitches to 3 to keep the game pace moving.
7. There are no strike-outs.
8. Bunting is not allowed and the ball must move at least 10 feet from home plate to be base hit.
9. Outs are recorded and the player thrown or tagged out must sit down. With Rule 5, this means there can be as many as 10 outs per inning.
10. The offensive team can have a coach at every base and 3 coaches from defensive team can be positioned in the field.
11. No score will be kept by the parents or coaches

Rules for AAA Ball:

1. Games will be 4 complete innings or 60 minutes (1 hour and 15 minutes for field time), which ever comes first.
2. All players will play in the field each inning.
3. Defensive team can have one pitcher and four infielders with the remaining players positioned behind the base paths.
4. Bases will be 40 feet apart.
5. All players will bat each inning.
6. An offensive coach will “pitch” 6 balls to the batter from the pitching machine (Machine will be set at 40 mph). If the batter gets 3 strikes (swinging), the batter will be considered out and must sit down. If a batter fails to get a hit after 6 pitches, the batter will be considered out and must sit down (A batter cannot “strike out” on a foul ball, they will receive additional pitches until they strike out swinging or looking).
7. Bunting is not allowed and the ball must move at least 10 feet from home plate to be base hit.
8. Outs are recorded and the player thrown or tagged out must sit down. With Rule 5, this means there can be as many as 10 outs per inning.
9. The offensive team can have a coach at every base and 2 coaches from defensive team can be positioned in the field.
10. Runners may take as many bases as they want on a hit but must stop advancing bases when the ball reaches the glove of any infielder.

Additional notes: Teams should show up a half hour before each game. The batting cage will be dedicated to machine pitch for teams to warm up before each game.