Carina Redsox Baseball Club

UNDER 8 (MighTee-Ball)

For Players born between 1st January 2003 - 31st December 2004. Minimum age is 5.

Registration fees are $120 which includes a FREE backpack, water bottle, ball and Glove for every new player. Returning players will receive the same just excluding the glove. 

Uniform Costs are approx $95 which includes pants, shirt, cap and socks.

 

SEASON FORMAT:

First half of the season will be an intraclub MighT-Ball format on a Friday evening at Carina commencing October 15th from 5.30pm which will run for 9 weeks.

Each session consists of:

Warm up - 5 mins.

Throwing - 10 mins.

Fielding - 10 mins.

Hitting - 10 mins.

Baserunning - 5 mins.

MighTee-Ball Game - 30 mins.

 

There will be a tournament held at Redsox just before the Christmas break against other clubs within the Brisbane Metro Region. The second half of the season after Christmas, will be played on a Saturday morning and it will be an interclub T-Ball competition. Brisbane Metro comprises of Carina Leagues Redsox, Allstars at Hendra, Windsor Royals and Pine Hills Lightning at Bunya. 

 

GAME RULES:

 

General:

Duration of game: Maximum 30 minutes.

 

Team Numbers: Maximum six players per team. Each player will field a position on the infield.

NOTE: You can have a team of five. If this is the case the batting sides coach will be the catcher. All other infield positions must be occupied.

 

UMPIRES: The batting sides coach will be the home plate umpire. They are to position themselves behind home plate. The fielding sides coach may be on the field and positioned behind the infield.

 

BATTING:

1. The home plate umpire is to suspend play by calling “Time”.   After play is suspended then “Batter Up” is called by the home plate umpire. NOTE: “Time” will be called when either an out is made or a fielder has possession of the ball in the infield and calls “Migh-Tee Ball”.
2. A batted ball is in play when it is hit off the tee and passes over the 15 feet fair ball line.   Otherwise it is considered a foul ball.
3. The batting side is retired when the fielding team has made three outs or the batting team has hit through their line up. If the batting side is retired by outs than the next batter in line will be the first batter of the following inning.
4. Three strikes (swinging) and the batter is out. A foul ball does NOT constitute a third strike.

Runners will be awarded 1 point for every base they reach safely.
Play continues when a batted ball goes past the infielders.
The automatic out rule does not apply if one team has less numbers than the other.

BASERUNNING:

1. Base stealing is prohibited.
2. Runners may not leave their base until the batter makes contact with the ball.
3. Runners may not advance beyond the base they were approaching on the call of “time.”
4. Runners approaching a base occupied by a fielder in possession of the ball are to be given out.  This eliminates the necessity, but does not preclude the tagging of a runner.

 

FIELDING:

1. Infielders must assume their initial fielding position behind the basepaths. The Pitcher is the only player to be positioned inside the base paths and must have both feet on the Pitcher’s plate.
2. The batting sides coach, who is the home plate umpire for that half of the inning, will also be the fielding teams catcher if the fielding team has five players.
3. Pitchers must throw the ball to record an out. Coaches are to encourage ALL fielders to throw the ball to a team mate rather than independently running to a base to execute the force out.
4. Fielders must occupy a different fielding position in each inning.

 

NO LEAGUE OR PERSONAL STATISTICAL DATA IS TO BE KEPT AT THE TEE BALL LEVEL.

 

FIELD INFORMATION:

 

AGE	GAME	BASEPATHS	PITCH DISTANCE	CENTREFIELD DISTANCE	BASES
U8	T-Ball	60FT	46FT	150FT - 170FT	Removable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAYING EQUIPMENT:

 

U8 T-BALL  Safety Balls/Injury Reduction Balls to be used and Rubber sole shoes to be worn.  

ALL Players both male and female are to wear a Protective Cup.