T-Ball

Divisions

T-Ball League Rules

last updated Feb 2020

Uniform & Equipment Requirements

Uniform

League will provide a uniform shirt and hat to all players.
Players will be responsible for the remainder of the uniform:

Plain White Pants – elastic waists are acceptable.
Socks – see official LBB Team Color Guide for your team’s colors.

( Download Color Guide PDF)

Footwear – rubber molded cleats or closed toe athletic sneakers required.

Equipment

League will provide each team with a complete set of defensive position gear.

Pitcher – players are required to wear a fielding face mask and heart guard.
Catcher – players are required to wear a mask with helmet, chest protector, knee and shin guards, and fielding glove.

Players need to provide their own bat, helmet, and fielding.

Helmets – must have all the padding intact and correctly fitted to players head.
Bats – must be approved Tee-Ball bats or Baseball and have the following stickers on the bat:

Team Composition

Each team will be comprised of 7 – 10 players.
Players will be have a season age between ages of 4 – 6 years old. Season age is determined by the players age before May 1st of the next spring season. Please refer to the Season Age Chart for more details.
Teams will be led by a Manager (Head Coach) and a Coach of Record (1st Assistant Coach).
Teams may have additional Assistants and Team parents to help organize the players within the dugouts.
Players will be assigned to teams by the Divison Management. Teams will be balanced by total number of players per age. Consideration is taken for players returning to the roster and/or Frozen Player status. LBB makes every effort possible to find competitive parity amongst the teams.

Scheduling

Teams will be scheduled a minimum of 10 [Spring] or 8 [Fall] games per season.
Practice Times for teams will be scheduled a minimum of 1 practice per week. Lynnhaven will scheduled additional practices as fields and coaching staff availabilities are able to support.
Practice Locations will be held at our Lynnhaven Baseball Complex (Trant Field) and allocated outlying fields provided through the City of Virginia Beach. All efforts will be made to schedule equal and equitable balance of a teams’ access to Trant Fields.
Practice Formats will be predominately determined by the teams coaching staff. Due to field availabilities teams may be scheduled to share the same time slot on a field. Teams may be scheduled for specific activity locations such as the Grass or Dimond of a field. Teams may share and divide the allocated time between the designated areas of the field. At all times, Coaches are expected to work with each other in support of the players for the best opportunities for practice times and activities for the teams.
Game Locations will be played at Trant Fields.
Cancelations of games due to weather or other circumstances may occur. Cancelations of games may be decided no more than 2 hours in advance of official start time. Cancelations will be shared through league wide communications via email, text message, Facebook, and/or through direct communication from your teams Manager. Lynnhaven makes every effort possible to notify our families as soon as possible. If you have any question about the status of your game, contact your team Manager directly.
Make-up Games will be scheduled by Division Management at the earliest available opportunities and as pre-planned for the season. Lynnhaven commits to make every effort possible to ensure all missed games are made up.
Posted Schedules will be located on lbb’s website. Notifications of scheduled events may be sent out electronically by Lbb as reminders. Lbb does not provide physical printed copies of schedules.

Game Format

Games will be scheduled to run continuously for 1 hour in duration or when both teams have an equal opportunity to bat.
Games will not be governed in length by total innings played. Each team will have equal opportunities to bat per inning.
Innings are not governed by any number of outs achieved. Each team will bat their entire line-up per inning.
Games nor innings will be governed by total runs scored. No game score is maintained or recorded.