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Rules
If you have any
questions or concern with these guidelines, please contact the junior
league coordinator.
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All coaches and players shall
demonstrate good sportsmanship at all times.
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Weekday games will start promptly at
5:30PM and weekend games will be begin as shown on the official schedule.
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Games will last 6 innings with no
inning starting after 7:00PM. If on
the weekend, the game shall end as soon as the next game’s schedule start
time has been reached.
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The coach or alternate shall pitch to
their own team. The other coaches
on offense should coach the bases and/or support the bench/on-deck area.
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Coach that is pitching will also
perform the role of umpire at all the bases.
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Batter is given 5 swinging
strikes. No walks, leading,
stealing or bunting.
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No head first sliding unless going
back to a base. Players must slide
on a play at the plate or they will automatically be called out.
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Home team coach will supply 2 new
balls for the game.
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During the game, coaches are
encouraged to teach/instruct and not manage. Defensive coaches are encourage to be in
short left and right field during the game providing player with
positional instruction (e.g. where to go when the ball is hit) as well as
physical instruction (e.g. stay down on a ground ball).
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All players must play the field during
all innings. Use only 4 infielders
but utilize 4 or 5 outfielders if needed to ensure no kid sits on the
bench. Ensure that you rotate the
kids evenly between the infield and outfield.
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A player can play the same position
for a max of 2 innings each game.
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A continuous batting order will be
utilized.
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6 runs is the maximum that can be
scored each inning. No score should
be kept, only keep track of runs scored in each inning. Boys playing the position of catcher are
required to wear a protective cup.
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Coaches are encouraged to pinch-run
for the catcher if there are 2 outs in the inning to facilitate the
catcher being ready during the switchover.
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Ground Rules: A ball is live as long as it is in
bounds. A ball is considered out of
play when it has passed by an imaginary line running straight out from
each dugout fence
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Safety: Keep all equipment and players
except on-deck batter behind the dugout fence. The player on deck must be wearing a
batting helmet and remain in the on-deck area. Bench coaches should ensure that
everyone but the on-deck batter remain sitting on the bench. Bench coaches should also be aware of
other personnel (younger children) coming near the on-deck area.
  
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