St Charles Parish Parks and Recreation
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1. Cut-off date will be April 30th for BOYS and January 1st for Girls. (OTS Manual Article: 20)
2. Only newcomers to the parish may be added to rosters after the start of league play.
3. T-Ball 7yr, 8yr, & 9-15yr Boys/Girls (Recreational League) are expected to play within the boundary of their booster club. (OTS Manual Article: 4)
4. Players cannot play in an older age group unless there are no teams in his/her age group in their booster club.
5. Rosters will be automatically split at 24 players. (OTS Manual Article: 4)
6. Ground rules pertaining to specific fields should be discussed and agreed upon prior to the start of the game by coaches and the umpires.
7. Only coaches, players, and score keepers are allowed in dugouts, coaches should have badges from the background screening on or in their possession.
8. Coaches may not touch the base runners during a live ball. (Players will be called out.)
9. Coaches should have players enter and exit the field briskly, to ensure they the most out of the time allotted for their game.
10. Coaches must play all players a minimum of two complete innings. (Since teams’ bat in rotation, free defensive substitution is allowed, and all players must play at least two complete innings. Coaches reserve the right not to have players participate for any type of disciplinary infractions and / or consecutive missed practices.
11. Coaches are responsible for the conduct of their team’s assistant coaches, players, parents, and spectators.
12. "Heckling" of opposing batters and players will not be allowed.
13. All games will start at their scheduled time. There will be a 15-minute grace period for the first game of the day only. The late arriving team must be on the field and ready to play within 15 minutes of their scheduled time.
14. Batting helmets must be worn while batting and running bases. Faceguards are recommended. However, they are optional.
15. Baseball coaches should encourage all players to wear protective cups, It is highly recommended that all t-ball baseball catchers wear protective cups.
16. Coaches are responsible for the care of their equipment.
17. Only the Department of Parks and Recreation can postpone and reschedule games.
18. Games maybe rescheduled only for school functions (which may prohibit the team from fielding enough players.) (OTS Manual Article 15)
19. Coaches should visit the SCPRD website for information on possible rainouts. www.scpparksandrec.com
20. Alcoholic beverages are not allowed at youth games and youth practices in St. Charles Parish. (OTS Manual Article 32)
21. Smoking and vaping is prohibited on the field, in the dugouts, and in the bleachers.
22. A player is not allowed to play with any type of plaster or metal cast on any part of their body.
23. Coaches, players, parents, and spectators are required to adhere to the Department of Parks and Recreation rules and regulations. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action, including suspension and up to termination in the involvement with the program.
*If a *If a coach is ejected from the game, they must leave the park immediately and will be required to sit out the next game as well. If a coach is ejected from a game a second time, they will face disciplinary actions and will not be allowed to coach in any recreational program for a matter of 2 years. *
Any coach, player, parent, or spectator who physically assaults an official, coach, player or other spectator will be removed from the field or facility and will not be allowed to participate in Recreation Department sponsored events for a period of two (2) years. If any person who is asked to leave the area due to ejection and does not will be subjected to having law enforcement called on them for removal.
(State Law); Louisiana Rev. Stat. Ann. Section 14-34-4 p34.4. Battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official
A.(1) Battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official is a battery committed without the consent of the victim when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the victim is a school athletic or recreation contest official.
(2) For purposes of this Section, "school athletic contest official" means any referee, umpire, coach, instructor, administrator, staff person, or school or school board employee of any public or private elementary and secondary school while actively engaged in the conducting, supervising, refereeing, or officiating of a school sanctioned interscholastic athletic contest.
(3) For purposes of this Section, "recreation athletic contest official" means any referee, umpire, coach, instructor, administrator, staff person, or recreation employee of any public or quasi-public recreation program while actively engaged in the conducting, supervising, refereeing, or officiating of a sanctioned recreation athletic contest.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than forty-eight hours nor more than six months without benefit of suspension of sentence, except as provided in Paragraph (2).
(2) The court, in its discretion, may suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the offender on probation with the condition that he shall perform five days of community service work. Failure to successfully complete the community service work, as determined by the supervisor of the program to which he is assigned, may result in revocation of probation.
Acts 1990, No. 675, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1046, §1.)
1. Games will be 1 hour time limit. Pitching distance starts at 20’ (feet) not to exceed 35' (feet), Base distance 60'(feet). The coach will be allowed to pitch to a player from the 20-foot mark without penalty and may pitch from a knee. The “pitcher” must stay in pitchers circle and cannot move out until the ball is hit.
2. EACH TEAM WILL BAT UNTIL THEY HAVE 3 OUTS OR 5 RUNS SCORED IN THE INNING.
3. Bunting and walks will not be allowed.
5. The tee will be placed on home plate or in the front of home plate with all sides even.
6. Batter gets 3 pitches pitched to them by the coach, on the 4th pitch the ball is placed on a tee, the batter must hit the ball off the tee on 4th pitch. If the batter does not connect with the ball on the 4th pitch, the batter gets 1 more chance from the tee and the ball must be put in fair territory. The batter will receive five (5) chances to hit the ball. Total 3 pitches and 2 off the tee.
7. Outfielders must play behind the base paths.
8. Runners cannot leave the base until batter hits the ball. PENALTY: Defensive team has the option to take the play or have the batter bat again.
9. Play will stop when the ball breaks the plane of the 10' designated circle at the pitching mound OR AROUND EACH BASE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A PLAY. At least one "foot" of a defensive player must occupy the circle.
10. No defensive player is allowed between halfway line and home plate except, the pitcher, who must keep both feet in the designated circle until the ball is hit.
11. Ball is not playable within a 10' radius of home plate except, when catching a foul ball in the air.
12. Coach should remove the tee from home plate when a base runner is approaching home plate.
13. All players will bat in rotation.
14. Catchers must wear batting helmets with mask.
15. All T-Ball Bats should say T-BALL on the bat
16. "End of Play" should be interpreted as follows:
A. A 3rd out has been made or the 5th run has scored or the 10th batter has batted.
B. A defensive player is touching any base which the runner is forced (including home plate) in front of a runner with the ball in his or her possession.