Starts 06/05/2015

2015

Kennesaw All Star Klash

HOSTED BY

Kennesaw Girls Softball Association

Adams Park

2600 Park Drive

Kennesaw, GA 30144

JUNE 5-6, 2015

Directions to the park

Adams Park is located at 2600 Park Drive, Kennesaw, GA 30144.

From Interstate 75 North and South:

Get off at the Wade Green Road Exit 273. Go west on Wade Green Road/Cherokee Street

Go over the railroad tracks and at the dead-end take a right and then an immediate left into our parking lot. There will also be parking down the hill at the soccer fields and at the Ben Robertson Community Center, both off Watts Drive.

Information

Visit our website www.kennesawsoftball.com for updates.

We have 4 fields and 2 batting cages at a well-spaced park offering room for tents. We will also have a t-shirt vendor and an airbrush helmet painter.

We will have full concessions on Friday and Saturday serving hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, the best French fries around and boiled peanuts.

We will have a warm up area down the hill between Fields 1 and 2 at the soccer field. Please limit your space and time to allow for other teams to warm up as well.

The batting cages are located between Fields 2 and 3. So please share and only occupy a cage for no more than 20 minutes at a time.

Documents

• Team roster

• Registration form

• Birth certificate

• Proof of Insurance

• Check for tournament

• Check-in will be at the front entrance between Fields 1 and 4.

Rules

• ALL GAMES ARE 6 INNINGS, NO NEW INNING AFTER 70 MINUTES

• THIS WILL BE A READY SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT. BE READY TO PLAY!

• HOME/VISITOR IS DETERMINED BY A COIN FLIP IN POOL PLAY. 

• THE HIGHER SEEDED TEAM IS HOME IN BRACKET PLAY.

• THE HOME TEAM KEEPS THE OFFICIAL SCOREBOOK.  THE VISITING TEAM KEEPS THE SCOREBOARD.

• DEFENSIVE SUBSTITUTIONS ARE FREE TO EACH TEAM’S DISCRETION.

• POOL GAMES CAN END IN A TIE.

• BRACKET GAMES CANNOT END IN A TIE.  BRACKET GAMES THAT END IN A TIE WILL FOLLOW ITB RULES.

• BATTING LINE-UPS WILL CONSIST OF ALL PLAYERS THAT ARE PRESENT ON YOUR ROSTER. IF A PLAYER IS INJURED AND OUT FOR THE GAME, THE TEAM WILL NOT BE MADE TO TAKE AN OUT.

• TEAMS MAY PLAY WITH 8 PLAYERS, HOWEVER AN OUT MUST BE TAKEN FOR THE 9^TH SPOT IN THE BATTING ORDER EACH TIME THAT SPOT COMES UP TO BAT. IF A TEAM IS BATTING ALL OF THEIR PLAYERS IN A GAME AND SOMEONE IS INJURED AND CANNOT CONTINUE, UNLESS THAT INJURY BRINGS THE TEAM TO LESS THAT 9 PLAYERS, THAT SLOT IN THAT BATTING ORDER WILL BE SKIPPED WITHOUT CAUSING AN OUT. DO NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS RULE. IF THE LOSS OF THAT PLAYER DURING THE GAME BRINGS THE TEAM TO 8 PLAYERS, THEN THAT SLOT WILL COUNT AS AN OUT WHEN THAT SLOT COMES UP TO BAT IN THE BATTING ORDER.

• ANY PLAYER ARRIVING LATE TO THEIR GAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE BOTTOM OF THEIR BATTING ORDER.

• ALL INNINGS WILL BE A 3 RUN MAXIMUM UNTIL THE OPEN INNINGS.  THE OPEN INNING WILL BE 8 RUNS PER INNING AND WILL BEGIN IN THE 4^TH INNING OR AFTER 45 MINUTES OF TIME, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. AFTER THE FIRST OPEN INNING, ALL INNINGS THAT FOLLOW WILL BE OPEN AS WELL.

• RUN RULES – GAMES WILL END IF A TEAM AHEAD IS UP: 17 RUNS AFTER 4 AND 9 RUNS AFTER 5.

• ALL OUTFIELDERS HAVE TO START IN THE GRASS OF THE OUTFIELD UNTIL THE BALL IS IN PLAY.

• COURTESY RUNNER FOR PITCHER (EXCEPT FOR 8U) & CATCHER ONLY, SUBSTITUTE RUNNER SHALL BE THE LAST BATTED OUT.

• THE ON-DECK BATTER MAY WARM UP ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FIELD, PREFERRABLY, FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, BEHIND THE BATTER.

• IF A POOL PLAY GAME IS SUSPENDED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IT IS DETERMINED THE GAME CANNOT BE COMPLETED, THE AHEAD AFTER THE LAST COMPLETE INNING WILL BE DECLARED THE WINNER, OR IF TIED, THE GAME WILL BE DECLARED AT TIE. IF THE HOME TEAM IS BATTING AT THE TIME OF SUSPENSION AND HAS TAKEN THE LEAD, THEN THE CURRENT INNING WILL BE COUNTED AS COMPLETE.

• WE WILL STRIVE TO PLAY ALL GAMES FULLY, BUT IF WEATHER CONDITIONS BECOME INADVERTANT, WE MAY SHORTEN AND/OR CANCEL POOL GAMES IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE TOURNAMENT.

• WALK OUT MUSIC IS ALLOWED BUT MUST STOP PRIOR TO THE BATTER REACHING THE BATTERS BOX.

• THE WINNING TEAM MUST REPORT THE SCORE TO THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

• ALL INTERPRETATIONS OF THESE RULES MADE BY THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR, AN ASSISTANT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR, OR THE UMPIRES WILL BE FINAL.

• THE TOURNAMENT WILL CONSIST OF 2 POOL GAMES SEEDING INTO A SINGLE ELIMINATION BRACKET.  EACH TEAM WILL RECEIVE 3 POINTS FOR A WIN AND 1 POINT FOR A TIE. TIES WILL BE DECIDED BY 1) HEAD TO HEAD 2) RUNS ALLOWED THEN 3) RUN DIFFERENTIAL.

• TOURNAMENT DESIGN MAY CHANGE BASED ON NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, BUT WILL NOT FALL BELOW A THREE GAME GUARANTEE.

   

8U

• THIS IS COACH PITCH.

• THE DESIGNATED COACH PITCHER PITCHES FROM THE 35 FOOT RUBBER.

• THE DESIGANATED PITCHER CAN BE CHANGED WITHOUT EXCESSIVE DELAY. THE JUDGEMENT IS WITH THE UMPIRE.

• THE DESIGNATED PITCHER MAY NOT COACH THEIR PLAYERS IN ANY WAY, NOR ATTEMPT TO DISTRACT THE OPPOSING TEAM’S PLAYERS IN ANY WAY ONCE THE BALL IS PUT IN PLAY. VIOLATIONS OF THIS RULE WILL INCLUDE A WARNING FOR THE FIRST OFFENCE, AND REMOVAL OF THAT COACH FROM THE DESIGNATED PITCHER POSITION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT GAME.

• IF THE DESIGNATED PITCHER IS HIT BY A BATTED BALL, THE BALLI IS DEAD, AND THE AT-BAT IS REPLAYED WITH THE SAME PITCH COUNT. RUNNERS STAY AT THE BASE OCCUPIED WHEN THE DEAD BALL OCCURRED.

• EACH BATTER RECIEVES 5 PITCHES OR 3 SWINGING STRIKES.  FOULS BALLS CONTINUE THE AT BAT.

• TIME WILL BE CALLED WHEN THE LEAD RUNNER IS STOPPED.  THE CIRCLE RULE IS NOT IN EFFECT.  YOU MUST STOP THE LEAD RUNNER.

• RUNNERS SHOULD ATTEMPT TO SLIDE OR AVOID THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER.  THIS IS THE JUDGEMENT OF THE UMPIRE.

• NO BUNTING IS ALLOWED.

• NO STEALING IS ALLOWED.

• EACH TEAM SHALL PLAY 10 DEFENSIVE PLAYERS.  FOUR OUTFIELDERS MUST START IN THE GRASS UNTIL THE BALL IS HIT INTO PLAY.

• TEAMS WILL BE ALLOWED TO HAVE 2 DEFENSIVE COACHES BEHIND THE OUTFIELDERS.

• IF NOT STATED, RULES ARE COMPLIANT WITH ASA RULES.

FP10U

• WALKS ARE ALLOWED

• NO COACH PITCH

• THE PITCHER MUST PITCH FROM A 35 FOOT RUBBER.

• STEALING IS ALLOWED WHEN THE BALL LEAVES THE PITCHERS HAND.

• STEALING HOME IS ALLOWED

• THE INFIELD FLY RULE IS NOT IN EFFECT.

• NO DROPPED THIRD STRIKE.

• TIME WILL BE CALLED WHEN THE LEAD RUNNER IS STOPPED.  THE CIRCLE RULE IS NOT IN EFFECT.  YOU MUST STOP THE LEAD RUNNER.

• 10 DEFENSIVE PLAYERS IN THE FIELD.  OUTFIELDERS MUST START IN THE GRASS UNTIL THE BALL IS HIT INTO PLAY.

• IF NOT STATED, RULES ARE COMPLIANT WITH ASA RULES.