COED INDOOR TOURNAMENT RULES

Uniforms – All players are suggested to wear matching jerseys or team shirts.

Home Team – Home team will be determined by a coin toss at the start of the game.

Format – Pool Play into Single Elimination Championship round

Game and Start of play – Regulation games are 40 minutes or 7 innings long, whichever comes first.  Extra innings will be played to prevent a tie, if time permits.  All extra innings will be a one-pitch format  with the last batter retired from the previous inning starting the inning at 2nd base.

Pitching – Pitching will be 6′-10’ with a pitching mat. 1-1 count with no fouls through regulation. A strike plate will be used.

Umpires – Umpires are certified USA umpires. Umpire fees are included. There will be one umpire provided per game for both pool play games and knock-out round games. The Championship Game will have 2 umpires provided. Umpires will review the ground rules with the team captains prior to the start of play. Do not harass the umpires. Harassment of the umpires, either physical or verbal may result in an ejection from the game.

Game Balls – Game balls will be provided for the tournament and will be put into play by the umpire. Teams will not receive balls. All indoor play will use Easton Incrediballs.

Players on the field – Each team may have a maximum of 9 fielders and a minimum of 7, 2 of which must be female. Teams may not bring in an additional infielder when a female batter is at bat.

Batting order Coed –  Teams must bat at least 2 female batters. Teams may not bat more than 3 male batters in a row. Teams may add up to 1 male EH’s for a total batting order of 10. If a team wishes to bat more than 10 the next batter (11) must be female and then a team may add 1 more male EH’s

Penalty for missing women – ​­​Both female spots must appear in the batting order from the start of the game. If less than 2 women are present at the start of the game then a “ghost out” will be accessed each time a missing woman’s spot is reached in the order. If less than 2 women are present prior to the first pitch of the top of the third inning then a 1 run penalty will be awarded to the opponent for the missing woman. To avoid a penalty, 2 women must be at the field by the top of the third inning. At least 1 woman is required to play the game. Their spots in the field cannot be filled with men.

Walk to a male batter with a female batting next – When a male batter is walked without a strike being thrown and a female spot (whether present or not) follows in the batting order, the male batter automatically advances to 2nd base. Base runners advance only to the base they are forced to move to (i.e. a sole runner on second would only move to third if forced by the approaching walked batter). The female batter will bat unless there are 2 outs in which case the female batter will have the option to take first base if desired.

Players arriving late – Must be placed at the bottom of the order in the order in which they arrived and cannot enter the game while their team is on the field.

Courtesy runners and injury – A batter may ask for courtesy runner BEFORE his time at bat and the umpire will announce it to the opposing team. The batter may not advance beyond first base on a batted ball, except when automatic advancement would be awarded by ground-rule (i.e., automatic double or HR). Once a courtesy runner has been asked for, it is automatic for the rest of the game. A player who has asked for a courtesy runner may not later rescind his request. A replacement runner is the last player to have completed their turn at bat and is seated on the bench. If a player is injured while running to a base it is the umpire’s discretion whether to award a courtesy runner.

Mercy Rule – If one team leads by at least 15 runs after 5 innings or at least 10 runs after 6 innings the game will be considered over.

Eligible Bats – For indoor play players may use any bat regardless of association.

Count and Fouling out – Each batter will begin his turn at bat with one-ball and one-strike count. Batters have no foul to waste.

Mound, Bases and Pitching Arc – The mound is at a distance of 50’ from home plate. The bases will be measured at 60,’ and the pitching arc will be 6-10’

Waiver forms—All teams must have their players sign player waiver forms, which can be filled out online. This is mandatory to be eligible to play in the tourney.

No bunting, stealing, leading off base, take-out slides or blocking a base. Runners must avoid contact when arriving at a base.