U5 Playing Guidelines for 2025

No helmets or gloves required.
Sessions start at 6:00pm with 30 minutes of skill development followed by a game. Time limit of the game is 30 minutes. The session is done by 7pm.

• Suggest 6 – 8 players per team maximum, 3 coaches per team to work with players on skill development and during games

• Download Athlete Era Softball mobile APP! In this link you will find video’s on how to join a team for coaches, join a team for parents, finding drill, skills & plans, practice plans, etc. http://marketing.athleteera.app/academy

• Games should be played on grass. 

• Bases at 45 feet home team puts down the bases; no pitching as a tee will be used to hit the ball. 

• 12” Foam ball and bat will be used

• 21” Home Plate throw down or use 17 and half” plate throw down

• Put down a throw down home plate and place the batting tee in front of home plate.  All players hit off a batting tee.  Coach gets players to have feet straight pointing to home plate and eyes on ball to hit off tee.

• All players bat each inning.  When last player comes to bat let other team know as all baserunners on base will continue to run home. Put 3 players on the bases to start each inning to work on baserunning and get players eyes on the batter

• Unlimited substitutions: shuffle batting order every inning, so a different player leads off each inning and placing different players as baserunners

• Coaches are permitted on the field of play to help position the players 

• Coaches for safety reasons please teach hitting with safe distance when children start swinging the bats from each other.  WE do not want any mishaps occurring.