Adult Kickball League Rules

• Teams must have at least 8 players and no more than 15 players.

• Games will last 6 innings, and/or games will not be longer than 50 minutes.

• A strike is a pitch that is not kicked that travels through the strike zone or not called a

ball, or is an attempted kick missed by the kicker inside or outside of the strike zone.

• Foul balls never count as strikes.

• A “ball” is a pitch outside the strike zone where a kick is not attempted, a pitched ball that

does not touch the ground twice before entering the kicking box, or a pitched ball that is

higher than one foot off the ground when entering or passing through the kicking box.

• A team must field at least 8 players. If only 8 players are on the field, while kicking, the

9th kicking position is an out.

Offensive

• All kicks must be made by the foot or leg below the knee; at or behind home plate (the

kicker is allowed to step on home plate but cannot go past home plate); and within the

kicking box.

• Bunting is allowed.

• Runners must stay within the baseline and may use a natural running arc. The runner will

be out if he or she goes outside the baseline.

• Leading off or stealing a base is not allowed.

• A runner may advance only one base on an overthrow (any ball that is thrown or kicked

into foul territory  or beyond the cones).

• Kicking order cannot change inning to inning, must stay same

• Runners must tag up if a ball is kicked in the air and caught. A tag up means the runner

must stay on or retouch the base he/she is already on before they can begin running after

the ball is caught.

• No sliding

• When there is a play at first base, runners MUST use the optional base.

Defensive

• Balls must be pitched by hand.

• All fielders besides the catcher must stay behind the 1st-3rd base line (arc) until the ball is

kicked.

• The pitcher must start the act of pitching within the pitching circle and cannot cross the

pitching stripe until the ball is kicked.

• Fielders must stay out of the baseline unless making a defensive play.

• Hitting a runner in the neck or head is not allowed. If a runner

is hit in the head, he or she is safe and may advance to the base they were running

toward.

• Three strikes is an out, four balls advances the kicker to first base, and four fouls count as

an out.

 

Additional Rules

  If someone shows up to a game late, they must

1. Be added to the bottom of the kicking order

2. Enter the game at the beginning of the next ½ inning

3.Any players that is not on the field defensively or offensively (waiting to kick or sub in to

play), must stay behind the orange cones.

4.When a runner scores, that person is responsible for adding their run to the scoreboard.

5.When there is a play at 1st base, the runner must use the extra (outside) base.  If there is

a play being made @ 1st and the runner does not do this, it will result in an out.

6. There is NO Referee only a monitor (breaks deadlock decision) teams are responsible for calling infractions and recording/reporting scores. Teams are here to have FUN! BE KIND!