RULES 
  
Draw determined at meeting Sunday 6/08/08 Wakefield Park 6pm 

Rules that apply to all ages:

1) Age limits will be defined by the ASA rules. ASA rules will apply  unless changed below. ASA Code   

2) No varsity players will be allowed to participate. 

3) Players must have participated in at least 50% of the House league season. The season consists of games played within the same league and games played between different leagues. Regular season and post season.

4) Roster must have at least 11 players or the 11th position in the batting order is an out. (This rule is waived for Sunday)

5) Every player must bat in the order.

6) Unlimited substitutions - defensively.

7) Tournament will be 3 or 4 games. Each team will pay 2 games on Saturday.

8) Pitchers are limited to 3 innings until the 7th inning. One pitch counts as an inning.

9) Only 9 players play defense at one time.

10) Seeding for Sunday will be determined by the won and loss record after 2 games on Saturday. The tie breaker will be  head to head, runs against, run differential, runs scored,  and coin toss. 

11) Tie breaker Sunday. International tie breaker per ASA rules.

12) Max 5 runs allowed for 1st 4 innings OR no run limit after 1 hour, whichever happens first. Please check the time before you start an inning. 15 run slaughter rule after 4.

13) No new inning after 1:30. 

14) Sunday round robin/bracket winners will receive 18 individual trophies. Second place of championship bracket will receive 18 individual  trophies. 1st place of 1st consolation bracket will receive a trophy.  Cassel's Sports & Awards 435-4446.


15) Home team is determined by a coin flip.

16) Teams will be placed in brackets by blind draw. Leagues with multiple teams entered will be drawn first to ensure that they are entered in different Brackets.

17) T-shirts  will be available.

18) The Ball will be yellow core .47.

19) No travel teams. Teams must be formed from within a house league with all players that are eligible (rule 1,2,3) invited. 

20) Port A Jons are available at Falls Church. Wakefield Park has real restrooms.  

Rules that apply to12U:

1) 12U will use 40' as the pitching distance.

Rules that apply to10U:
Same as ASA 10u rules

1) Stealing of home allowed. 
 Same as ASA rule.

2) 10U will use 35' pitching distance.

3) No dropped 3rd strike. Same as ASA rule.

4) Runner may not take second on a walk. Same as ASA rule.

5) Only one base is allowed on a steal per pitch. 
Runner is at risk to be put out if she attempts to advance to another base. The runner must be tagged out while off a base. Crossing home plate is considered being on a base. If runner advances two bases on a steal attempt the umpire will send the runner back to the original base she was attempting to steal during the next dead ball. Same as ASA rule.

6) Game is 6 innings. Ties are allowed during  Sat.  pool play. Games will be played out on Sun to determine a winner. Each extra inning will be a full inning.

Not ASA 10u rules

1) Base runner can leave the base when the ball crosses home plate/foul line. Different from ASA rule. One warning per team.

2) No infield fly rule. Different from ASA rule.

Rules under consideration for 2008
To be eligible for the House All Star Tournament, A player may not play in any other girls fastpitch softball tournament during the weekend of the House All Star Tournament.