2019 UCFSA 8UFall League

NFHS will be rules of play with the following exceptions

Age Qualifications - Any player eligible for 8U as of January 1, 2020 may play in fall league.

Playing field

Pitching distance: 35 ft.

Base path: 60 ft.

Player substitutions

A team may play with seven (7) of their own players and pick up, up to three (3) players to field a team.

If a team has less than 9 players, not due to an injury, the 9th spot in the rotation will be an out. If you have 7 players, 8 and 9 in the rotation will be out

Contact all coaches within the league for pick up players before going outside the league.

A team must bat all available players in attendance. Open substitution applies.

If a player gets injured or has to leave the game for any reason, that player is skipped in the lineup and no out is recorded. The player may re-enter in a later inning.
Defense can field 10 players

Game

The game will be 4 innings minimum for a complete game. The last inning will be announced at the hour and 15-minute mark

Runs per inning

  A team may go up by 5 runs.    Example: 3-0, team ties with 3 runs goes up by 5 runs, score is now 3-8.

 If they are already up by 5 runs, the most a team can score is 5 runs in one inning.  Example: 5-0, the team with 5 runs can only score 5 runs that inning, making score 10-0

8U

Coach Pitch. Each batter gets 6 pitches  from the team coach

After the 6th pitch or 3 strikes swinging the batter is out unless it is a foul ball

Base running

No players are permitted to steal while the coach is pitching. However, they may lead off with the pitch.

The play will continue until the lead runner has been stopped and the ball is in control in the pitches circle.
 ONLY 1 base per overthrow 

8U REC Make sure to teach

1.       Sliding

1.1.    Proper technique

1.2.    When to slide

2.       Stop the lead runner Return ball to pitcher

2.1.    Play will not stop until the ball is returned to the pitcher

3.       3, B’s

3.1.    Ball

3.2.    Base

3.3.    Backup

4.       Communication I got it

4.1.    Cutoff and where and why

5.       Throwing accuracy

5.1.    For every overthrow the offensive team gets the next base. Throw low and hard.