1. The home and visiting teams will be decided by a coin toss at the beginning of the game. The winner of the coin toss has the decision of being home or visiting team.

2. The scorebook will be kept by the team that is batting. The teams will alternate the book back and forth depending on who is batting.

3. Each team must have 8 players to start the game.

4. Each team can play with 10 players and bat 11.

5. Each team is responsible for bringing their own gloves. Bats will be provided but teams may use their own bats if they have the manufactures’ stamp ASA Official Softball Bat on it.

a.    Rubber cleats may be worn but NO METAL SPIKES!!!!

b.    A strike is a pitch called by the umpire that has at least a six foot arch but no more that twelve feet and crossed the plate between the batter’s chest and top of their knees. If a pitch does not have the right arch the umpire will signal illegal pitch and the batter has the choice of whether to swing or not. If they do not it is a ball if they swing and miss, it is still considered a strike.

c.    A batter fouls off a third strike it is considered a strike out.

6. Appeals- all appeals must be made before the next pitch is made.  No appeals can be made after the next pitch.

7. Base on Balls- If a batter has four balls pitched to them that are not ruled a strike by the umpire, they will advance to first base.

8. Base path- The base path is an imaginary area 3 feet on either side of the base line. A runner may not run outside the base path to avoid a tag. The runner is the called out by the umpire.

9. Catch- A ball is considered caught when the fielder has held on to the ball long enough to establish possession and is signaled an out by the umpire.

10. Fair ball- Settles in or touches over fair territory between third and first base. Bounds past or first or third base in fair territory. Rolls over first or third base. Settles on or in front of home plate. A fair ball will be judged according to its relative position of the ball to the foul line, not where the player is when they catch the ball.

11. A runner running to first base may run through the base, but they must turn toward foul territory to go back to the base. If the runner turns toward second base they could be going toward second base and could be tagged out.

12. A batter cannot come in contact with home plate and make contact with the ball. The batter will be ruled out by the umpire.

13. If a hit ball comes in contact with a runner the runner is considered out.

14. Infield fly rule- If there are runners at first or second or first, second and third and less then two outs. A ball is popped up in the infield and looks like a routine play to the umpire, the umpire shall call the batter out and the runners can tag up and advance at their own risk.

15. Substitutions may be made at any dead ball situation. The Designated Hitter (DH) may enter the field but will remain in the same place in the batting order. A player who is removed from the field cannot become the DH. If a player comes back into the game they must take their original position in the batting order and the other player takes the place of the one removed in the batting order.

16. If the ball rolls under or gets stuck in the outfield fence the outfielder should raise both hands in the air to signal it is stuck in the fence. The batter will be allowed a ground rule double.

17. The pitcher must have contact with the pitchers mound when they release the ball or it is considered a no pitch.

18. A foul ball that is caught by the catcher must go higher than the batters head to considered an out. A foul tip caught by the catcher is a strike.

19. Mercy rules: 15 runs after 3 innings, 10 runs after 5 innings. Each game will consists of 7 innings or 50min.