KICK • COMPETE • CONNECT • PLAY PROUD.
Welcome to Diablos Kickball! Our league is built around friendly competition, teamwork, sportsmanship, and an inclusive community.
All players and captains are responsible for reviewing and following these rules throughout the season.
14 - 18 PLAYERS 10 MAX PLAYERS PER TEAM
40 MINUTES OR 7 INNINGS 5 MINUTES BEFORE FORFIETURE
Games consist of 7 innings or 40 minutes, whichever comes first.
No new inning may begin after the 35-minute mark.
Teams receive a five-minute grace period to be ready for play.
All players must be fully registered and paid for the current season through LeagueApps.
Players must wear their current-season team shirt. League Coordinators and Representatives wearing neon green shirts are exempt.
Teams must identify their Captain and Co-Captain before each game. Only these individuals may discuss calls with officials.
Diablos OutSports expects all participants to create a respectful, welcoming, and competitive environment.
Arrive on time, warm up, and be prepared to play.
Respect teammates, opponents, umpires, and league officials.
Accept officials' decisions, even when you disagree.
Demonstrate self-control in victory and defeat.
Avoid harassment, taunting, profanity, degrading comments, and disrespectful behavior.
Understand and follow the rules to help maintain safe competition.
Treat everyone with the same respect you expect to receive.
Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Verbal abuse or aggressive arguments toward an umpire may result in immediate ejection, suspension, or removal from the league. Repeated offenses may lead to league expulsion.
Alcohol Policy: Where park regulations permit alcohol, it may only be consumed in the dugout or designated spectator areas. Alcohol is never permitted on the playing field.
Teams are expected to honor their scheduled games or notify the league in advance when unable to participate.
5:00 PM the day before your game
Send all notices to:
contactkickball@diablosoutsports.com
No Call, No Show
$50 fine to team captain
Same-Day Forfeiture
$25 fine
Repeated Forfeitures
Possible removal from league without refund
Captains must provide their kicking order to the opposing team.
Once play begins, the lineup cannot change except for injury or illness.
Late-arriving eligible players may be added to the end of the lineup if the team has not completed its first rotation.
Every eligible fielder in the lineup must participate in the kicking rotation.
Kicking out of order results in an automatic out.
Diablos OutSports provides the official USA WAKA 10-inch red kickball.
Only the league-designated kickball may be used during games.
Metal cleats are prohibited.
Current-season team shirts are required for eligible players, subject to the stated league official exception.
Pitches must be rolled underhand.
The ball must be released behind the pitching rubber and within two feet of either side of the mound.
The strike zone extends one foot to either side of home plate, measured from the outside of the ball.
A pitch must be six inches or lower as it crosses home plate to qualify as a strike.
A ball landing on home plate on its second bounce is a strike.
The pitcher may advance toward home plate immediately after releasing the ball but must remain at least three feet away.
Fielders may advance once the pitch is released, but no fielder may move ahead of the pitcher.
Violations result in the pitch being called a ball and the play ending.
Kickers must wait until the ball reaches home plate.
The kick must occur inside the designated 6-foot-wide by 4-foot-deep kicking box.
Kickers may begin their approach outside the box, but contact must occur inside.
Kicking in front of home plate is a foul.
Kicks made at knee height or above are fouls.
Stepping on or trapping the ball to kick is prohibited.
A missed kicking attempt counts as a strike.
A double kick inside the kicking box is a foul and dead ball.
A foul ball caught before touching the ground results in an out, and play remains live.
Contact made outside the kicking box is invalid; the umpire's pitch call stands.
Fielders must remain outside the baseline unless actively making a play.
Runners obstructed by a fielder not actively making a play are safe at the base they were approaching.
Intentionally dropping a catchable ball is prohibited; all runners are safe.
Fielders may throw the ball at runners below shoulder level to record an out.
When a throw intended for a force out passes first base without contact:
The runner approaching first is permitted one additional base.
Other runners may advance more than one base.
This restriction does not apply to a missed throw aimed directly at a runner.
A player is out when:
They accumulate three strikes or four fouls.
A fair or foul kicked ball is caught in the air.
A live ball touches a runner who is not safely on a base.
A thrown ball hits a runner below the shoulders, subject to the ducking and sliding exceptions.
A fielder holding the ball touches a required base before the runner reaches it.
A runner leaves their base before the kick.
A runner interferes with a defensive play.
A player kicks out of order.
A foul occurs when:
A kicked ball is touched in foul territory before going fair.
A kicked ball goes foul before passing first or third base without having been touched in fair territory.
A double kick occurs while the kicker is completing the kicking motion.
With fewer than two outs and force plays at first and second (or first, second, and third):
A clearly catchable high fly ball that will remain within the infield may be ruled an infield fly.
The kicker is out, the play stops, and runners may not advance.
The umpire determines whether the rule applies.
Runners must remain within the baseline unless avoiding a collision.
Leading off and stealing are prohibited.
Runners may advance only after the ball is kicked.
Runners must properly tag up on caught fly balls.
Runners running through first base must use the safety base unless it is obstructed.
Runners attempting to advance to second may use the regular first base.
Sliding is permitted.
Runners who overrun a base must be tagged with the ball to be called out.
Running outside the baseline or passing another runner results in an out.
If a base becomes displaced, its original position remains the reference point until the play ends.
An injured player may be replaced by a pinch runner.
The pinch runner must be the player who made the most recent out.
Only one pinch runner is permitted per inning.
Play ends when:
The pitcher controls the ball within the five-foot pitching mound area.
The umpire calls time.
A runner intentionally touches the ball, resulting in an out.
A runner is hit by a kicked ball that has not touched a defensive player.
The ball is ruled out of play.
Offensive interference occurs.
Defensive obstruction decisions are made at the umpire's discretion after the play concludes.
All calls are made at the umpire's discretion unless otherwise specified in these rules.
Any situation not expressly covered by the rules will be resolved by the umpire or Kickball Director at the time of the game.
PLAY SMART. PLAY FAIR. PLAY PROUD.
