This division is designed to help girls learn and improve their softball skills. 

• The division will play with 11” pitching machine dimpled balls during pitching machine play and with 11” hard balls during player/coach pitch.  

• Six-inning game with no new inning starting after 1 hour 15 minutes. Clock starts with first pitch.  Official inning time will be the moment of the last recorded out.  

• Players arriving late are inserted at the bottom of the batting order. No penalty out is taken for missing ninth player.  

• May play 10 players on defense.  

• All players bat in the batting order. 

• NO STEALING WILL BE ALLOWED.

• No dropped 3rd strike.

• Five run limit per inning. 

• We will use the pitching machine this year at the beginning of year for as long as we need.

• The coach will load the pitching machine to their own team.

• A coach from each team must agree on the calibration of the machine.  There will be NO recalibrating the machine between innings unless both coaches agree.  Machine will pitch the ball with some arch and at a recommended speed of 30-35mph.

• Players in the pitcher position during pitching machine play will play on the 1st base side of the machine with 1 foot in the pitching circle.  Players must be even with or behind the pitching machine.  Any youth playing within the pitching circle during pitching machine play whom have hair longer than shoulder length must have their hair in a pony tail.

• If a batted ball hit the pitching machine or makes contact with the coach on the field, the batter will be awarded 1st base and the play will stop.

• Pitcher will get 4 pitches per batter. After the third pitch, the batter's coach will finish the count. Additionally, the coach will have a minimum of 3 pitches or until the batter strikes out. This will allow batters to not have to swing at every pitch. No batter should be walked. Coach must pitch from inside the circle. 

• No Infield Fly rule.

• On a hit ball, runners can advance one base, unless the hit ball reaches the outfield (grass line) without interference from a defensive player.  In the event that the hit ball reaches the outfield, runners may advance bases until the ball is back within the infield perimeter (a defensive player does not have to be in control of the ball).  Once the ball reaches the infield, the runner must stop at the next base.  Runners may not advance on an overthrow.

• No Mercy Rules

• There is no penalty of any kind for players leaving a game early for any reason.

• Hit By Pitch if a player is hit by a pitch (coach pitch or player pitch) the ball is dead and does not count as a strike.  

Any and all rule changes must be agreed on by both coaches.