COACH PITCH

Base Distance: 60'

Pitching Distance: The distance from the point of home plate to the pitching line/rubber must be at least 35'. The coach pitcher must start behind that line but can step over the line during the delivery of the pitch.

Game Time Limit: 1:15 (No new innings will be started once the one hour and 15-minute mark is reached)

Run Rule: A maximum of five (5) runs can be scored by a team per inning with the game ending once a team is mathematically eliminated.

Bat regulations: 

• Bats must be USA Baseball approved and carry the USA Baseball Stamp or NFHS approved and carry the BBCOR stamp (High School).
• The bat shall be round and made of wood or any other approved material and shall not exceed 36 inches in length or 2 5/8 in diameter. There is no rule regarding weight/length ratio.
• If the bat has the USSSA stamp it's considered an illegal bat for Rec baseball.
• If a player is found using an illegal bat, that player will be an automatic out and the coach will receive a warning by umpire. If an illegal bat is used again, the coach will be ejected for that game. If an illegal bat is used in a subsequent game, the coach will be ejected for the season, the player will be an automatic out unless same player from previous game and that player will be ejected from the game.
  

Regular Season Tiebreaker: After the allotted time, if there is a tie, the last three outs will be placed on the bases with 1 out and one additional inning will be played. After one additional inning, if the game is tied, the game ends in a tie.

Number of Players: 

• 10: 6 infielders, 4 outfielders.
• Team can play with 9 players, if there is no 10th batter, that batter will NOT count as an out.
• If team starts with 9 players and a player is injured and forced to leave the game, they will be able to continue playing with 8. When that players at bat comes up, it will not count as an out. That player cannot return to the game.

Substitutions: 

• No player will sit two (2) innings in a game before all other players have sat out an inning. This does not carry over from game to game.
• Players can't play the same position more than two (2) consecutive innings for ALL positions. This resets after one (1) inning in another position. 

Guest Players: 

• Guest players are allowed if playing with less than 10 players. 
• Guest players should be selected from the division below as a first option. If that is not possible, a member of the baseball committee (rec director, president, etc.) can approve a guest player from the same division. The guest play should not have a higher rating (based of the rating provided during the draft) than the player he is guest playing for.
• Guest players must play RF and bat last in the lineup.
• Guest players are NOT ALLOWED during tournament play.

Offense: 

• All attending players must be in the batting line-up. Each batter will receive up to 5 pitches or 3 strikes to record a hit. If a foul ball is hit on the 5th pitch the batter will continue to hit until either a hit, strike or passed ball occurs. 
• If the ball hits the pitching coach and the umpire believes it was unintentional its dead ball. All runners are to advance one base from their original location.
• If the pitching coach intentionally tries to be hit by the ball the batter is out and runners don’t advance.
• If the pitching coach intentionally or unintentionally obstructs the play on the field the batter is out. No warnings.
• Only one base can be taken on first overthrow, if the ball isn't dead (due to going off of field) the players are able to throw the advancing runner out. There is only one overthrow per hit. The second overthrow will be dead ball and runner must stay on the base they advanced to after first overthrow.

Defense: 

• No timeouts can be called by players. The official is to call timeout once the field is contained or the player in the pitcher position has the ball in the pitcher area, however an infielder who possesses the ball and is within the baselines may raise their hands to signal to umpire defensive play has stopped and umpire can call time. 
  At that point, if the base runner has already committed half way to the next base (as shown by the halfway mark), they may continue to advance or if less than halfway, they must return to previous base.
• Defensive players must not block if there is no possibility of making an out.
  Runner interference can be called with the runner awarded to advance to the next base.
• If catcher does not have the ball or if the ball has no way of making it to the catcher, the catcher cannot block home plate.
• There is no infield fly rule in Coach Pitch
• No stealing in Coach Pitch

Coaches:  Coaching rules will allow only 4 adults in dugout at any time during the game.

• Offense:  One coach at third base, one coach at first base, one coach pitching, and one in the dugout for player control.
  Base coaches may not have contact with runners while the ball is live and in play. The penalty is the runner is out.
  Coach Pitcher may not coach the runner after the ball is hit. The penalty is the batter/runner is out.
• Defense:  There may be an outfield defensive coach on the right field line and the left field line, provided they stay in foul territory.
  The outfield coach cannot come within 60 feet of the base during live ball and is confined to coaching outfield players ONLY.  
  Dugout coach must stay within arm's length of the dugout and can coach infield players.

End of Season Tournament:  

• Players are allowed to play same position unlimited innings. Players do not have to change positions after two consecutive innings.
  This rule still applies:  No player will sit two (2) innings in a game before all other players have sat out an inning in that particular game.
• Guest players are NOT ALLOWED during tournament play.
• Championship Game will be six (6) innings and cannot end in a tie.
• Tournament Tiebreaker: At the scheduled conclusion of the game, there is a tie, the last 3 outs will be placed on the bases with 1 out to start the inning. The game will be played until there is no longer a tie.

MINORS

Base Distance: 60'

Pitching Distance: 46'

Game Time Limit: 1:15 (No new innings will be started once the one hour and 15-minute mark is reached)

Run Rule: A maximum of five (5) runs can be scored by a team per inning with the game ending once a team is mathematically eliminated.

Bat regulations: 

• Bats must be USA Baseball approved and carry the USA Baseball Stamp or NFHS approved and carry the BBCOR stamp (High School).
• The bat shall be round and made of wood or any other approved material and shall not exceed 36 inches in length or 2 5/8 in diameter. There is no rule regarding weight/length ratio.
• If the bat has the USSSA stamp it's considered an illegal bat for Rec baseball.
• If a player is found using an illegal bat, that player will be an automatic out and the coach will receive a warning by umpire. If an illegal bat is used again, the coach will be ejected for that game. If an illegal bat is used in a subsequent game, the coach will be ejected for the season, the player will be an automatic out unless same player from previous game and that player will be ejected from the game.
  

Regular Season Tiebreaker: After the allotted time, if there is a tie, the last 3 batted outs will load the bases with 1 out recorded, and one additional inning will be played. After one additional inning, if the game is tied, the game ends in a tie.

Number of Players:

• Team can play with 8 players, if there is no 9th batter, that batter will NOT count as an out.
• If team starts with 8 players and a player is injured and forced to leave the game, they will be able to continue playing with 7. When that players next bat comes up it will count as an out, the following at bat will simply be skipped (no out). That player cannot return to the game.

Guest Players: 

• Guest players are allowed if playing with less than 9 players. 
• Guest players should be selected from the division below as a first option. If that is not possible, a member of the baseball committee (rec director, president, etc.) can approve a guest player from the same division. The guest play should not have a higher rating (based of the rating provided during the draft) than the player he is guest playing for.
• Guest players must play RF and bat last in the lineup.
• Guest players are NOT ALLOWED during tournament play.

Substitutions: 

• No player will sit two (2) innings in a game before all other players have sat out an inning. This does not carry over from game to game.
• Players can't play the same position more than two (2) consecutive innings except for the catcher position. This resets after one (1) inning in another position.

Pitching: 

• Pitchers are allowed to pitch a maximum of two (2) innings per game.
• One (1) pitch in an inning is considered a complete inning.
• All innings must be pitched consecutively.
• No balks enforced: Umpires may call balks and instruct pitcher but no penalty is enforced.

Offense:  

• Base runners are not allowed to leave the base until the pitch crosses the plate. If a base runner leaves early the runner will be out.
• No bunting (Minors is still a developmental league with players beginning to learn pitching skills and stealing/base running).
• No dropped 3rd strike.

Defense:  

• No dropped 3rd strike.
• No infield fly rule.

End of Season Tournament:  

• Players are allowed to play same position unlimited innings. Players do not have to change positions after two consecutive innings.
  This rule still applies:  No player will sit two (2) innings in a game before all other players have sat out an inning in that particular game.
• Tournament Tiebreaker: At the scheduled conclusion of the game there is a tie, the last 3 batted outs with load the bases with 1 recorded out to start the inning. The game will be played until there is no longer a tie.
• Championship Game will be six (6) innings and cannot end in a tie.

MAJORS

Base Distance: 70'

Pitching Distance: 50'

Game Time Limit: 1:30 (No new innings will be started once the one hour and 30-minute mark is reached)

Run Rule: Twelve (12) runs after three (3) innings // ten (10) runs after four (4) innings.

Bat regulations: 

• Bats must be USA Baseball approved and carry the USA Baseball Stamp or NFHS approved and carry the BBCOR stamp (High School).
• The bat shall be round and made of wood or any other approved material and shall not exceed 36 inches in length or 2 5/8 in diameter. There is no rule regarding weight/length ratio.
• If the bat has the USSSA stamp it's considered an illegal bat for Rec baseball.
• If a player is found using an illegal bat, that player will be an automatic out and the coach will receive a warning by umpire. If an illegal bat is used again, the coach will be ejected for that game. If an illegal bat is used in a subsequent game, the coach will be ejected for the season, the player will be an automatic out unless same player from previous game and that player will be ejected from the game.
  

Regular Season Tiebreaker: At the conclusion of time, if the teams are tied, the last 3 batted outs will load the bases with 1 recorded out, and one additional inning will be played. If at the end of that inning is still a tie, the game will end in a tie.

Number of Players:

• Team can play with 8 players, if there is no 9th batter, that batter will NOT count as an out.
• If team starts with 8 players and a player is injured and forced to leave the game, they will be able to continue playing with 7. When that players next bat comes up it will count as an out, the following at bat will simply be skipped (no out). That player cannot return to the game.

Substitutions: 

• No player will sit two (2) innings in a game before all other players have sat out an inning. This does not carry over from game to game.
• Players can't play the same position more than two (2) consecutive innings except for the catcher position.  This resets after one (1) inning in another position. 

Guest Players: 

• Guest players are allowed if playing with less than 10 players. 
• Guest players should be selected from the division below as a first option. If that is not possible, a member of the baseball committee (rec director, president, etc.) can approve a guest player from the same division. The guest play should not have a higher rating (based of the rating provided during the draft) than the player he is guest playing for.
• Guest players must play RF and bat last in the lineup.
• Guest players are NOT ALLOWED during tournament play.

Pitching:

• Pitchers are allowed to pitch a maximum of three (3) innings per game.
• If pitching a third (3) inning and the pitcher reaches sixty (60) pitches, the pitcher can finish the batter than needs to be replaced. If he is not pulled, the opposing team should notify the umpire, and a warning will be given.
• One (1) pitch in an inning is considered a complete inning.
• All innings must be pitched consecutively. 
• Balks: One balk warning allowed per team, per game, before a penalty is enforced.

Offense: Open bases.
Defense: Infield fly rule applies.

End of Season Tournament:  

• Players are allowed to play same position unlimited innings. Players do not have to change positions after two consecutive innings.
  This rule still applies:  No player will sit two (2) innings in a game before all other players have sat out an inning in that particular game.
• Guest players are NOT ALLOWED during tournament play.
• Tournament Tiebreaker: At the scheduled conclusion of the game there is a tie, the last 3 batted outs with load the bases with 1 recorded out to start the inning. The game will be played until there is no longer a tie.
• Championship Game will be six (6) innings and cannot end in a tie.