Rules

All players must be 18 years of age. Kickball Tallahassee uses the official kickball rules published by the World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA) with a couple tweaks:

  • We are a Bunt-Eligible League for the purposes of the rulebook. This affects a couple rules including allowing 11 players on the field and allowing male players to bunt the ball.

Section 5: Teams

  • 5.02 - Gender Requirement (Override)
    While fielding, each team must have at least 4 female players and at least 4 male players on the field at all times.
    • If you're missing a required minimum, you can still play, but down one player of the opposite sex per missing minimum player.
    • Additionally, teams will take an out at the top of the lineup for every missing minimum player.

Section 7: Regulation Games

  • 7.01a - Tie Breaking (Override)
    In the event of a tie, teams will play one inning of Texas Tie Breaker.

    • Each team starts its half of the inning with a runner on 2nd and one out.
    • If, after the inning, the score is still tied, the result of the game is a tie.
  • 7.01d - Game Length (Override)
    No new inning may begin after the 50-minute mark.

    • Innings started before the 50-minute mark may be completed.

Section 12: Balls

  • 12.02 - Walk Advancement (Override)
    All walked kickers - including those walked on exactly four pitches without any strikes or foul balls - shall only advance to first base.
    No two-base walks are awarded in this league.

Section 13: Fairs and Fouls

  • 13.01 - Foul Count (Override)
    A count of four (4) fouls is an out. Foul balls never count as strikes.
  • 13.02k - Grounded Foul Balls
    A ball that is on the ground in foul territory (not in the air) cannot be made fair by being touched from fair territory.
    The location of the ball itself — not the position of the player — determines fair or foul.
  • 13.03h - Foul-to-Fair Infield Kick
    A ball that starts in foul territory, but rolls into fair territory within the infield (i.e., before passing 1st or 3rd base), shall be considered a fair ball, provided it is not touched while in foul territory.
  • 13.03i - Homeruns
    Any ball kicked into fair territory that then clears the outfield fence or leaves the field of play on the fly shall be ruled a home run.
  • 13.03j - Ground Rule Double
    Any ball kicked into fair territory that then bounces over the outfield fence or designated boundary shall be ruled a ground rule double. The kicker and any forced runners shall advance two bases from their position at the time of the kick.
  • 13.04 - Infield Fly Sportsmanship (League-Specific)
    If there are runners on 1st and 2nd, or the bases loaded, with fewer than 2 outs, and the kicker kicks a fly ball that can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort, and is judged to be purposefully dropped by the infielder, the kicker is automatically safe.

    • This is NOT the infield fly rule. Just because there is an infield fly kick, doesn't mean this rule applies to the situation.
    • It's built to address players who engage in the unsportsmanlike behavior of manufacturing a fielding error to get additional outs.

Section 15: Ball in Play

  • 15.02a (Override) - Interference
    When any non-fielder or non-permanent object except a Referee or a runner, touches or is touched by a ball in play. This interference causes the play to end, and runners shall proceed to the base to which they were headed

All other rules are followed as written in the WAKA Kickball rule book.

Official Rulebook

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