General Rules for Holly Little League

All Little League International rules apply. The rules that are listed here are in addition to the LLI rules.

1. Age Limits

a. Tee-Ball: Ages five (5) and six (6). No player may participate in Tee-Ball if over the age of six.

b. Coach Pitch: Ages seven (7) and eight (8). No player may participate in Coach Pitch if over the age of eight. A player under the age of seven may participate in Coach Pitch with parental consent.

c. Minor: Ages nine (9) and ten (10). No player may participate in Minors if over the age of 10. A player under the age of nine may participate in Minors with parental consent.

d. Major: Ages eleven (11) and twelve (12). No player may participate in Majors if over the age of 12. A player under the age of 11 may participate in Majors with parental consent.

e. Junior

Depending on the number of players that are registered for Junior’s division there may be one or two divisions.

i. Division 1 (J13): Ages thirteen (13) years old. No player may participate in J13 if over the age of 13. A player under the age of 13 may participate in Majors with parental consent.

ii. Division 2 (J14): Ages fourteen (14) years old. No player may participate in J14 if over the age of 14. A player under the age of 14 may participate in Majors with parental consent.

iii. One Division (J13/14): Ages thirteen (13) and fourteen (14). No player may participate in J13/14 if over the age of 14. A player under the age of 13 may participate in J13/14 with parental consent.

f. Baseball age cut-off date: A player must be of the proper age as of April 30 in the same year as that season.

g. Softball

Depending on the number of players that are registered for the Softball division there may be one or two divisions.

i. Division 1 (SB9/10): Ages nine (9) and ten (10). No player may participate in SB9/10 if over the age of 10. A player under the age of nine may participate in SB9/10 with parental consent.

ii. Division 2 (SB11/12): Ages eleven (11) and twelve (12). No player may participate in SB11/12 if over the age of 12. A player under the age of 11 may participate in SB11/12 with parental consent.

iii. One Division (SB9-12): Ages nine (9) through twelve (12). No player may participate in SB9-12 if over the age of 12. A player under the age of nine may participate in SB9-12 with parental consent.

h. Softball age cut-off date: A player must be of the proper playing age as of December 31 of the previous calendar year.

2. Field Sizes

a. Tee-Ball, Coach Pitch, Minors, Majors and Softball:

i. Pitching mound is 46ft from home plate.

ii. Bases are 60ft apart.

b. Juniors

i. Pitching mound is 60ft-6in from home plate.

ii. Bases are 90ft apart.

3. Drafting Players

Drafting players to form a team is to be supervised by the league president. In order obtain a competitive balance, the number of players on a team, ages of the players and an even skill level of the players the following steps must be taken at the time of the draft.

a. A coach from each team must be present.

b. Each coach may reserve players from the previous year in the following manner

i. Tee-Ball and Coach Pitch may reserve four (4) previous players.

ii. All other levels may reserve three (3) previous players.

c. If a coach has not reserved the maximum amount of players he / she may select from the list of available players until the maximum number is achieved.

d. Once all teams within a division have the maximum amount of reserved players all the names of the remaining players must be placed into a hopper to be drawn with each age group having their own hopper.

e. To determine which coach draws the first name each coach must draw numbers with the lowest number starting the draws. This number also determines which number each team is within the division for that season.

f. To begin drawing, the first coach (whoever drew number one) draws, then two, three, etc. until the last coach draws.

g. Drawing for the second, and remaining, rounds then begins with the coach who drew last in the previous round.

h. Drawings begin from the hopper that contains the youngest players in the division. When that hopper is empty move on to the hopper that contains next higher age. Proceed until all names have been drawn.

i. Once your team has been established it is then the coach’s responsibility to obtain the registration form for each of their players. He / she will then create a list containing all of the pertinent information for each player. When roster list has been created each coach will then write his / her name and phone number (along with the names and phone numbers of any assistant coaches), the division name and the team number at the top of the list and give it to the league president.

j. Upon receipt of all of the lists the league president will then compile a league master list and will give each coach their list back.

k. Upon receiving their team’s roster list back each coach is then responsible for contacting each player.

4. Team Uniforms and Equipment

a. Holly Little League will supply the following equipment to each team each year:

i. Team shirts

ii. Team hats

iii. Aluminum bats

iv. Batting helmets

v. Catchers gear

vi. Gear bag

vii. Tee-ball tee (Tee-Ball division only)

b. No player will be allowed to participate if they are wearing:

i. Steel cleats.

ii. Shorts.

iii. Jewelry (i.e. Necklaces, rings, bracelets, etc.)

c. Minor level and above all boys MUST wear an athletic supporter with a cup.

5. Rain-outs / Re-scheduling

The league president shall declare a “rain-out” no later than 5:00pm on the day the games are to be played. In the event of a rain-out the league president will notify the division representatives who will then notify all of the coaches within their division. The coaches then are responsible for notifying each player on their team.

Coach Pitch and above MUST re-schedule the game that was rained-out. The home team coach is responsible for contacting the opposing coach to re-schedule.

6. On-Field Conduct

a. All Little League International rules pertaining to on-field conduct are in effect.

b. Players, coaches and umpires are to be the ONLY personnel allowed on the field during the course of a game.

c. No coach may breach fair territory without permission from the umpire.

d. Any and all disagreements MUST be handled in a professional manner.

e. Any spectator(s) who harasses a player or the umpire during the course of a game will be given one warning from the umpire. Upon the second offense, or if the person(s) do not heed the umpire’s warning, that person(s) will be ejected from the playing facility.

f. Any spectator(s) who, in a hostile manner, breaches the playing area during the course of a game will be given one warning from the umpire. Upon the second offense, or if the person(s) do not heed the umpire’s warning, that person(s) will be ejected from the playing facility and will be banned from said facility for the duration of one year.

The Holly Little League Board of Directors reserves the right to amend these rules as they see fit when deemed necessary.

Revised: March 13, 2007