2019 10U UCFSA Rules League will follow OHSAA official fast pitch softball rules with the following exceptions:

Rule 1. Age Qualifications A. Age shall be as of January 1, 2018.

Rule 2. Playing Filed
A. Pitching and base path distances Pitching Base path 35 ft. 60 ft.
B. Umpire is required: Shall not be a relative of a player. Umpire must be 13 years old or older.

Rule 3. Equipment
A. Batting helmets with face guard and chin strap are mandatory.
B. Will use an 11” softball. (Yellow in color).
C. Home team will provide (1) new and (1) good used ball for each home game.
D. Shoes are required equipment. Shoe sole or heal projection other than the standard shoe plate are prohibited. Metal toe plates and metal cleats are prohibited.
E. EVERY pitcher must have a facemask on in order to pitch. This is the only position a face mask is mandatory. All other positions a facemask is advised.

Rule 4. Player Substitutions
A. Teams may borrow up to (3) players from another division. If an area does not have a lower division, they may borrow from another UCFSA division team.
B. Borrowed players from another division must be on a UCFSA roster. Games may be played with 8 players, without penalty. Five of those players must be on the team roster. Example: With (7) roster players you may borrow (3) players from lower division to make a team of (10). With (5) roster players you may still only borrow (3) players to make a team of (8).
C. No borrowed player will be permitted to play if a full line up of roster players is present and able to play.
D. Must bat all available players, open substitutions will apply. If a player gets injured or has to leave the game for any reason while using continuous batting order, that player is then skipped in the batting order with no out taken. This player may also re- enter in a later inning.

Rule 5. Games
A. Innings Official Game 5 
B.  Runs per inning: The maximum amount of runs for the team that is ahead is 5 per inning. The maximum runs the losing team can score is their current deficit plus 5 runs. Any additional runs that score during the play after the 5th run scores will also be included. Example: score of 3-0, team that is down ties and now can go up by 5 runs, score is now 3-8. Example: Score at the beginning of the inning was 0-0, the team that is up to bat has two girls on base, and 4 have already scored. In this situation 3 additional runs could potentially score, 2 for the girls on base, and one for the batter. The last runner to score is counted once the umpire rules the play dead, by the pitcher having the ball under control in the circle. In this case if all 3 runners score the score could be 3-10. If the play is ruled dead before the 6th runner can cross the plate the final score for that inning is 5-0.
C. No new inning shall be started after 1.5 hours from the start of the game.
D. A pitcher entering the game for the 1st time will be allowed (5) warm up pitches. A pitcher re-entering will be allowed (3) warm up pitches. If the pitcher hits 2 girls in a row or 3 girls in an inning or 4 in a game she must be removed from the pitching position for the remainder of the game.
E. Pitchers may pitch a maximum of 2 innings per game (free substitution). Any pitches thrown will constitute an inning.
F. Play with (6) infielders and (4) outfielders.
G.. No infield warm-up is permitted after the first inning.
H. Once the ball leaves the hand of the pitcher, runners at this time are able to advance to another base.

Rule 6. Official rosters
A. Official rosters must contain 1. Team name, area, age division 2. Coaches name, phone number 3. Players name, DOB
B. Players may only be on (1) UCFSA fast pitch roster.
C. Rosters must be turned into the league President by Game Scheduling. Any team who fails to turn in roster may be excluded from league tournament. Roster additions before September 10th must be league approved. Rosters must be presented to the opposing coach at the 1st scheduled game with that team. Players may be added to a roster up to the 3rd game of the season by contacting the league president. Final rosters must be presented to the tournament director prior to the 1st game of the tournament.
D. Final rosters must contain a minimum of (7) players and a maximum of (15).
E. No boys are permitted to play in the UCFSA league games or tournaments.
F. All ADA is case by case and will be reviewed by league officials.

Rule 8. A player may steal 2nd and 3rd base only. A player may only steal (1) base at a time. A runner may not advance, any additional bases, while attempting to steel, on an overthrow from the catcher. No player is permitted to steal while the coach is pitching. A batter hit while the coach is pitching will not be awarded first base.

Rule 9. A runner may steal a base once the ball has left the pitchers hand.  

Rule 10. A runner may advance (1) base only on an overthrow from a ball that is in play. Advance at your own risk. No additional bases will be granted on any additional overthrows per play.

Rule 11. The batter is OUT on a dropped 3rd strike. The ball is live and the runners on 1st and 2nd may advance at their own risk.

Rule 12. If a coach has to come in to pitch they may pitch up to 3 balls to finish the count. if the count is 4-0 the coach will pitch all 3 balls and the batter may swing at all 3 if the batter does not hit any of those 3 pitches the batter is out. . if the count is 4-1 the coach may still pitch 3 balls but the batter may be out after 2 swings or after 3 balls if they do not swing at any of them and so on.  

Rule 13. The 4 outfielders must be in a normal playing position. Depending on the size of the filed it can be defined as the edge of the grass or an approximation of 20 ft. beyond the base paths.

Rule 14. Infield fly rule will not be enforced.