Skills Competition
2017 LVLL Skills Competition Rules Home Run Derby (All divisions) Cost - $5 per player Awards for 1st and 2nd Place in each division. (Medals at Closing Ceremonies) Tee Ball / Rookie (Field #4) - Most Home Runs from UPM 45 Pitching Machine. Ten balls hit in fair territory. A batted ball passing the cones (on the fly or ground) is worth 1 point. A batted ball hit over the cones counts as a 3 point home run. A home run shall not count as an out or swing. Minor (Field #3) - Most home runs from a league approved coach/ parent/volunteer pitched ball. Ten swings. A batted ball hitting the fence (on the fly or ground) is worth 1 point. A batted ball going over the fence is worth 3 points. A home run shall not count as an out or swing. The pitcher must pitch according to rules/distance in Minor Division. 7 year old division and 8 year old division winners and runner ups. Farm (Field #2) - Most home runs from a league approved coach/ parent/volunteer. Ten swings. A batted ball hit over the cones on a fly is worth 1 point. Over the fence is worth 3 points. A home run shall not count as an out or swing. The pitcher must pitch according to rules/distance in Farm Division. 10 year old division and 9 year old division winners and runner ups. Major (Field #1) - Most home runs from a league approved coach/ parent/volunteer. Ten swings. A batted ball hit over the fence is worth 1 point. A home run shall not count as an out or swing. The pitcher must pitch according to rules/distance in Major Division. 11 year old division and 12 year old division winners and runner ups.
** The skills competition will be based on age groups. An example would be if a 10 year old playing Majors wanted to compete on the farm field with the other 10 year olds they could.**
2017 LVLL Skills Competition Rules Run the Bases (All divisions) Cost - $5 per player. Awards for 1st and 2nd place each division. (Medal at Closing Ceremonies) - Two attempts for each $5 paid. Fastest time wins. - No score for missed base. No retry. Around the Horn (Farm and Major Divisions Only) Cost - $10 per team. Team consists of four players. Awards for 1st and 2nd place in each division. (Medals at Closing Ceremonies) - Players must be from the same team in the same division. - Teams may enter more than one team of four players. - Fastest time throwing the ball twice around the bases. Catcher starts with the ball while standing on home plate, throws to third, to second, to first, then home. After the second time around the catcher throws the ball down to second base. Time starts when third baseman catches the ball. Time ends when the shortstop receives ball from the catcher and touches second base. - An overthrown or dropped ball is considered in play and time shall continue. - Three chances per team to post a time. * All ties will be played off by another round of the event until a winner is established. *All awards will be presented at Closing Day Ceremonies.
2017 LVLL Skills Competition Rules Run the Bases (All divisions) Cost - $5 per player. Awards for 1st and 2nd place each division. (Medal at Closing Ceremonies) - Two attempts for each $5 paid. Fastest time wins. - No score for missed base. No retry. Around the Horn (Farm and Major Divisions Only) Cost - $10 per team. Team consists of four players. Awards for 1st and 2nd place in each division. (Medals at Closing Ceremonies) - Players must be from the same team in the same division. - Teams may enter more than one team of four players. - Fastest time throwing the ball twice around the bases. Catcher starts with the ball while standing on home plate, throws to third, to second, to first, then home. After the second time around the catcher throws the ball down to second base. Time starts when third baseman catches the ball. Time ends when the shortstop receives ball from the catcher and touches second base. - An overthrown or dropped ball is considered in play and time shall continue. - Three chances per team to post a time. * All ties will be played off by another round of the event until a winner is established. *All awards will be presented at Closing Day Ceremonies.
