Kickball
Kickball UAH Intramural Policies and Procedures apply in addition to the sport rules. Current USSSA Softball rules will govern kickball with the following emphasis and modifications: Teams Each team may play with a maximum of 8 players. A minimum of 6 players is required to start and continue a game. Roster limit is 15. Timing All games will be limited to 7 innings or 55 minutes – no innings start after 55 minutes. Mercy Rule: 20 after 3 innings, 15 after 4 innings, 10 after 5 innings Equipment Kickballs will be provided by UAH Intramurals. Tennis shoes must be worn by all players. Gameplay The batter/runner is out in situations similar to softball (force-outs, pop-outs, etc.) In addition, he/she is out when hit by a thrown ball below the shoulders. No feet-first sliding is allowed. Anyone who slides feet-first will be automatically ejected. Any head-first slide with intent to injure will also result in an ejection. All bases that slide away from the spot are still considered to be on the spot. If a runner was safe and the base slides away, the runner cannot be tagged out. If a runner approaches a base that has been moved due to a previous play, that runner does not need to go out of his/her way to find the base. Runners only need to go into the area where the base would have been. This is a judgement call and cannot be appealed. The ball is put in play when the pitcher (a player on the defensive team) rolls the ball toward home plate and the batter attempts to kick it. The batter must wait for the ball to be within 3 feet of home plate before kicking it. If the batter does not like the pitch, he/she should not attempt to kick it; another pitch will be thrown. Pitchers: The pitcher must release the ball BEHIND the pitcher’s mound and within 2 feet on either side of it (mirroring the 2 feet on each side of the home plate strike zone). The pitchers cannot sidearm or overhand the ball when delivering the ball to the batter.
The pitchers must roll the ball within a 5 foot wide “Rollers Path” that starts from the pitcher’s mound and extends to home plate with the path being 5 foot wide and in-line with the strike zone on each side of home plate. If the ball starts rolling or bouncing outside that path and then spins inward across home plate and less than 6 inches, the roll is still a ball. Any roll which results in the ball being outside the strike zone is considered a ball. Batters: All players are eligible to kick. Players do not have to play in the field to kick. Once a player leaves the batting order, he/she cannot re-enter the game. Batters get 4 balls and 3 strikes. Bunting is not permissible in kickball, and will result in an automatic dead-ball out. A full kick is required by all batters. If the kicking team has base runners and one of them is hit with the ball during a kick, that base runner is out and the pitching team still has an opportunity to get the kicker out. Runners: A runner who leaves the base before the pitch is kicked is out and the ball is declared dead. There is no leading off or stealing allowed. In order to prevent injury and protect the defensive player, runners are prohibited from crashing into the defensive player in an attempt to jar the ball free. Anyone attempting this will be ejected from the game.
The pitchers must roll the ball within a 5 foot wide “Rollers Path” that starts from the pitcher’s mound and extends to home plate with the path being 5 foot wide and in-line with the strike zone on each side of home plate. If the ball starts rolling or bouncing outside that path and then spins inward across home plate and less than 6 inches, the roll is still a ball. Any roll which results in the ball being outside the strike zone is considered a ball. Batters: All players are eligible to kick. Players do not have to play in the field to kick. Once a player leaves the batting order, he/she cannot re-enter the game. Batters get 4 balls and 3 strikes. Bunting is not permissible in kickball, and will result in an automatic dead-ball out. A full kick is required by all batters. If the kicking team has base runners and one of them is hit with the ball during a kick, that base runner is out and the pitching team still has an opportunity to get the kicker out. Runners: A runner who leaves the base before the pitch is kicked is out and the ball is declared dead. There is no leading off or stealing allowed. In order to prevent injury and protect the defensive player, runners are prohibited from crashing into the defensive player in an attempt to jar the ball free. Anyone attempting this will be ejected from the game.
