U11 Playing Rules

2026 Tiger Hills U11 Playing Rules

• All games start at 6:30pm and official time will be announced after the plate meeting

• 5 inning games

• No new inning shall start after 90 min unless agreed upon by both teams

• 9 players on defence

• Everyone bats

• 3 outs or 6 runs per inning

• Three overage players (1 year older) may be used on a team to bring your roster up to a maximum of 12 players but are not eligible for Provincials. Overage players cannot pitch, catch, or play 1st base (some exceptions) and must be announced at the plate meeting. *Players and their restrictions must be preapproved by the TH Board and documented on the current Tiger Hills season document

• Overage players (age group above minors only) may be used as AP’s to keep league games on the schedule. They will only be allowed to bring the roster to 9 players with a maximum of two. They are not eligible for league tournaments and provincials. They will not play an infield position, must be last in the batting order and must be announced at the plate meeting.  This rule excludes the players that have been approved for the season by Tiger Hills as overage to join a roster. AP’s are not on the roster.  Underage player options need to be exhausted first

• Last inning- 3 out or if not possible then once through the batting order and the game is over. If one team has fewer players than the other, some players will have to bat more than once to even out the final bats

• 3rd strike rule does not apply, therefore 3 strikes you are out

• Infield fly rule is waived

• In the event a player is injured during the game and is unable to take their turn at bat, the player will be removed from the batting order and out for the balance of the game, unless the player’s coach announces that the player will be able to continue to play prior to the team’s next bat (does not result in an out unless player’s inability to bat puts the team under 9 batters)

• If the player is injured at bat-player must reach first base on their own power. At that time another player (last out from the previous inning) from the bench can come in to run bases

• Runners are allowed to steal 2nd base, but can only advance to 3rd and home on a hit ball

• Lead off after the ball leaves pitcher’s hand

• Unlimited substitution
  
  
• Pitcher can only pitch 3 innings per game
  
  
• Batters and runners must wear helmets with a cage
  
  
• Pitchers must wear a pitching mask
  
  
• Official ball- 11” softball
  
  
• Pitching and base dimensions shall be as designated in the current MSA rulebook: Bases at 45' & Pitch at 35'

• All other Manitoba Softball/Softball Canada Association Rules apply, including:

Softball MB rule N (7)(f): "N. (7)(f) Once a batter reaches four (4) balls in the count, the batter will receive the number of soft toss pitches to continue the strike count when four (4) balls was reached. (Example: the count was 4 balls, 1 strike, the batter would receive 2 soft tosses). Every soft toss thrown will be considered a strike.
On a soft toss hit, the hitter may advance to 2nd base as able, but will not advance past 2nd base. Runners on base may advance a maximum of two (2) bases on a soft toss hit."

ADDITIONAL RULES FOR LEAGUE TOURNAMENT PLAY

~ HOME TEAM: The higher ranked team will be considered the Home Team for all games up until a Final. All final games will use a coin toss will determine the Home Team.
~ SPEED OF PLAY: If a team is considered to be slow playing to maintain a lead, the Umpire will give the coach a warning. If the team continues to slow play and that team is on offence, they will receive an out. If the team is on defense, the next batter will receive 1st base.
~ TIE GAMES: In the event of a tie after the applicable time limit and less than the full innings have been played, play on as usual until the final 5th open inning has been played. If the game is still tied after 5 innings, extra innings will follow international rules which dictate that the last player out in the previous inning will start on 2nd base, with none out, for each additional extra inning. Pitcher limitations are waived for the extra innings and a pitcher’s innings resets; they can pitch up to three extra innings.

*NO OVERAGE PLAYERS ALLOWED: UNLESS APPROVED AT THE TIGER HILLS SPRING MEETING*