Kickball Tournament Rules
What is kickball?
Kickball is similar to baseball – the ball is kicked rather than struck with a bat. The player comes to “bat” by kicking
ball that the pitcher rolls toward home plate. The pitcher rolls the ball towards the catcher, the “batter” kicks it with
his/her foot, then runs to first base, becoming a runner.
Team Size
• 10 people per team Max or 8 people per team minimum
• Only 9 people on the field at once for defense.
• Entire roster must be in a kicking order.
• Roster must be coed (minimum of two or three opposite sex on team).
Kicking
• Must stay in same kicking order.
-3 Strikes your out
• Missed kick is a strike.
• Foul ball is a strike. Definition of foul ball:
- kicked ball landing in foul territory
- kicked ball touched in foul territory
- kicked ball landing in fair territory but touching foul territory on its own at any time before
reaching first or third base
• You can get out on a foul ball.
• No balls/no walks.
• Bunting is allowed.
• Any attempt at a kick is a kick.
Game Length
• 60 minutes or 6 Innings.
• No new innings started with 5 minutes left.
• 10 run inning rule.
- If ten runs are scored in an inning, inning is over
Championship Game
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9 Innings
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No 10 run innings over rule
Miscellaneous Rules
• Pitches must be rolling, not bouncing.
• No stealing or leading off until ball is kicked.
• A runner cannot force the ball to hit their head.
Running Outs
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outside baseline is out
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A runner may no longer return to touch a missed base—home plate or otherwise—after having entered the dugout. On a “No Touch/No Tag” play, the runner is permitted to return to touch home plate when the ball is dead as long as there are less than three outs and/or a following runner has not scored.
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If two runners arrive at home plate about the same time and the first runner misses home plate but the second runner legally touches the plate, the first runner may not return to retouch home plate and may be put out on appeal. If the appeal on the runner is sustained for the third out of the inning, neither run scores. See Official Baseball Rule 5.09(c)(2) Approved Ruling (A).
• There are in the park and over the fence home-runs base on the field
• NO COMPLAINING. There is only one referee per game – please respect calls of official. All calls are
final.
Outs
• If the ball is caught in the air without touching the ground first, then the batter is out (a fly out).
• A defensive player with the ball touches the base ahead of a runner who is forced to go to that base,
because of an advancing runner behind him (a force out).
• A defensive player touches the runner directly with the ball while holding it (a tag out).
• A defensive player may throw the ball and hit the runner on the fly with it.
• No headshots. Headshots will not count as an out.
• If a throw goes out of bounds, each base runner can advance until defensive team recovers ball back to pitcher.
Tie
• In case of tie, a coin toss will be conducted by referee. Team that kicked first will call.