Tball and Rookie House League Rules
T-ball – everyone bats every inning and then switch to the field, we celebrate if a team gets an out but let the kids keep running the bases, coaches/parents are on the field to help both offensive and defensive, 45 minute games
Rookie- everyone bats every inning and then switch, if you get an out the runner goes and sits down (ie doesn’t run the bases), if after 5 good pitches from the coach the batter has not hit bring out the Tee for them to hit off, 60 minutes games, coaches on the field for defense and offence has base coaches, player playing pitcher position stands behind pitching plate, soft baseballs will be used by all teams at the start of the season with the aim to begin using hard baseballs for the advanced teams by mid.
Last batter of the inning, all runners advance until the defensive team gets the ball and touches home plate. The inning then ends. The runners should not be tagged at home.
No scores are kept for the game.
When a ball is hit into the outfield (reaching grass or first touched by an outfielder), runners may advance. Once the ball is in possession of any infielder who is in the infield, runners can only advance to the base they are going to at the time the infielder gets possession.
The runners may advance a maximum of one base on any throwing error. There may be only one per play. For example, if there was an overthrow at first base followed by an overthrow at second base, only the overthrow at first base allows runners to advance. After the second overthrow, the ball is dead, and runners do not advance further. The batter/runner will stay at second.
There is no leading off or stealing. Runners can only leave their bases when the bat hits the ball, leaving before contact will be considered an out for the base runner.
If a batted ball touches the adult pitcher or pitching machine, the ball is dead, and it does not count as a pitch or strike. The count remains as it was before the play.
For both T-ball and rookie, there are NO on deck batters. No swinging of bats on the bench. Only the person at bat should have a bat.