August 14, 2022 St Johns City Park Baseball Field
CO-ED kickball $250 per team
Payment made to
St Johns Mint Festival
PO Box 61
St Johns MI 48879
or online at:
https://secure.affinipay.com/pages/mintfest/paymentsTeam is NOT registered until Payment is received
Must be signed up by July 30, 2022
Kickball Tournament Rules
Tournament is double elimination, every team is guaranteed 2 games
Team Size
• 10 people per team.
• Only 9 people on the field at once for defense.
• Entire roster must be in a kicking order.
• Roster must be coed (minimum of three of the opposite sex on the team).
Kicking
• Must stay in the same kicking order.
• 2 strikes and you’re 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
• 4 innings
• 10 run inning rule. - If ten runs are scored in an inning, inning is over
Miscellaneous Rules
• Pitches must be rolling, not bouncing.
• No stealing or leading off until the ball is kicked.
• A runner cannot force the ball to hit their head.
• There are only in the park home runs, ie. no home run fence.
• NO COMPLAINING. There is only one referee per game – please respect the calls of the 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 moves up one base.
Tie
• In case of tie, a coin toss will be conducted by the referee. Team that kicked first will call.
Teams will all have to sign a waiver, and shirts are ordered for each player as well, Teams are not registered until all waivers are turned in. MUST BE 18 to play.
Sponsored by
Freedom Floor Coverings