AGE
REQUIREMENTS
Sec. 1.
THE YOUTH FAST PITCH PROGRAM WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING
CLASSIFICATIONS. A
player’s age on December 31, of the previous calendar year determines
the age classification in
which the player is
eligible to participate. Any player 18, or who reaches
their 18th birthday,
or who graduates from High School in the calendar year of the current
World
Series, shall be eligible to
participate in the 18 &
over World Series Tournament.
Age
Divisions Offered
Boys
or Girls 6 & Under Boys or Girls 7 & Under
Boys
or Girls 8 & Under Boys or Girls 9 & Under Boys or Girls 10
& Under
Boys
or Girls 11 & Under Boys or Girls 12 & Under Boys or Girls 13
&
Under
Boys
or Girls 14 & Under Boys or Girls 15 & Under Boys or Girls 16
&
Under
Male
or Female 18 & Under Female 18 & Under Major
Male
or Female 18 & over
Sec. 2. The fast pitch program
is designed for both boys and girls however,
the boys program
should be entirely separate
from the girls program.
Sec. 3. The Fast Pitch season
and Team registration will run from August 1
until July 31.
Tournaments
and leagues played after August 1, will qualify teams for the following
summer’s
State and World Series
Tournaments. All
teams playing between August 1 and December 31,
must play by the following
year’s eligibility
classifications.
Sec. 4.
A. Any player can play in
a
higher classification, but cannot play in a lower
classification.
Exception: This does not apply to the 18 & Over Division; a player
cannot play
up in this division unless they meet the criteria in Section 1.
B. 18 & Under Major
Classification
1.Any
18 & under team with one or more player(s) who are considered
collegiate athletes
in the sport of softball must participate in the 18 & under Major
Division.
A college student will be considered a collegiate athlete if the
softball team
on which she participates is sanctioned by the NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA or
similar
organizations. College students who participate on “club” softball
teams or
other non-sanctioned softball teams are not considered collegiate
athletes for
these purposes and may compete at the Major Division or any lower
division. 18
& under Major teams will be allowed to play in 18 & under open
tournaments at the discretion of tournament director, if they win a
berth it
would be to the 18 Major World Series only. All National and World
Series
Tournaments will offer an 18 & under Major division. If an 18 &
under
major team drops the college players from their roster, that team can
register
as an 18 & under “A”, “B”. They will be classified by the State
Director.
C. The pitching distance for
the 18
& Under Major division, shall be 43 feet.
