The rules for slowpitch are basically the same as for regular softball with the following exceptions:

1. PLAYING FIELD
a) Bases are fifty-five (55) feet apart.
b) Pitchers must stand a minimum of forty (40) feet from home plate in a two (2) foot by four (4) foot pitching box.
c) Both participating captains will decide if the field is playable

2. EQUIPMENT
a) Bat - standard softball bat (aluminum bats
are allowed)
b) Ball - twelve (12) inch softball
c) Gloves - the wearing of gloves is recommended
d) Shoes - no spiked shoes allowed. Heel-less
running shoes are recommended. Soccer
style molded cleats will be accepted.

3. TEAM
a) The team consists of a maximum of twenty (20) players.
b) Maximum of twelve (12) players are allowed on the field at one time, six (6) being male and six (6) being female.
c) Maximum of six (6) males on the field at one time; e.g. if a team has nine (9) males and five females arrive at a game that team must play all five (5) females and only six (6) males at one time. If a team is short of minimum players of either gender they must play an empty position, no player of the opposite gender can fill in.

d) All players will position themselves within fair territory. Pitchers must be on the pitchers’ mound and the catcher behind home plate. Outfielders will play a reasonable distance behind base lines and not rove into the infield.
e) A team that finds itself short of players on a particular night may borrow from it’s opposition.
f) Batting order will remain the same throughout the game and will consist of all available members of the given team. The team captain will set the order that can have no more than two (2) male batters in a row. Players can be switched from their position part-way through the inning.
g) A team may have a maximum of six (6) players only in the infield; three (3) of which must be females.
h) The age restrictions for male and female are minimum of nineteen (19) years of age.

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