Machine Pitch Competition shall be run as per the LLWA State Tournament rules and Guidelines.

LINK to Machine Pitch rules

Team Make-up Policy 

Each local club team roster can be comprised of any number of players, up to the maximum team squad size allowed as per LLWA Bylaws, within that league age. Ie A little league team can have a maximum squad size of 15 players and can be of age 9 to 12 years old.

Local clubs are to ensure that if submitting multiple teams within the same league then each team is equally weighted with player abilities and average age of each team. This is to prevent a club from stacking one team over another.

Little League Regular Season 40-Pitch Rule:

In order to develop more baseball pitchers during the regular season Southern Hills Warriors are limiting teams to a maximum of 40 pitches per game.

• If a player goes over the 40 pitch count (41 or more) then that pitcher is excluded from pitching the following scheduled regular season game.
• A Pitcher is allowed to finish off the batter as long as they started that batter prior to 40 pitches.
• This 40 pitch limit applies only during the Exhibition series and regular season up to Christmas.
• After the Christmas break the limit is increased to 60 pitches to allow clubs to extend the arms of the little league players getting them ready for finals and Charter.
• The pitching limitation will be removed for all finals games and players can pitch up to their maximum allowed for their age group.

Penalty:

• Exhibition Series: None. Southern Hills Charter would like all clubs to give every player the opportunity to pitch in the exhibition series.
• Regular Season: If a coach pitches an illegible player due to over pitching a player the previous week then that team would forfeit any points won for that game. The opposition team will be awarded the points and the win.
• Late Pitching submission: If a team doesn’t submit their pitching report in time then any pitcher who pitched in that game will be ineligible to pitch the following week.

Coaches will have to send a copy of their game report to the Charter Coaching & Development Co-ordinator within 48 hours of each game completing. The Development Co-ordinator will enter all pitching counts for all players that pitched in the previous game and send all coaches a list of ineligible pitchers for all teams prior to the next regular game.