Rocklin Pony Youth Baseball

The age brackets for baseball are as follows:
Shetland- (ages 4, 5 and 6) For players with no prior baseball experience and returning players who prefer to continue with a highly introductory level of play. Players use a softer than usual baseball and start the season by hitting from a Batting-Tee and end the season with Coach-pitch. The diamond is 50 feet, and flexible rules expedite play. Play c

onsists of three innings in which all team members bat and play the field each inning. No game score or standings are kept. Pinto-(ages 7 and 8)This division is a continuation of the development of baseball fundamentals and putting them to use. This division plays on the same sized field – 50-foot bases, 38-foot pitching distances, 6-inning games and 1 hour and 45 minute game time limits. Mustang-(ages 9 and 10)This division is a continuation of the development of basic baseball fundamentals, while beginning to transition to more advanced baseball specifics and putting them to use. Specifically, this division will use the balk rule, leading off each base, and the dropped 3rd strike rule, will continue to bat the whole batting order, and rotate defensive positions. There is no bat size restriction and metal cleats are NOT allowed. This division plays on a 60-foot baseline, 44-foot pitching distance, 6-inning games that are timed, where no new inning can begin after 2 hours and runs per inning limits. Bronco- (ages 11 and 12)This division is a continuation of the development of advanced baseball fundamentals. We play the “real” game of baseball, including base stealing and dropped third strikes. The distance between bases is 70 feet, with a pitching distance of 48 feet. Metal cleats are allowed. Games are 7 innings or 2 hours in length. Pony League (ages 13 and 14)This division is a continuation of the development of more advanced baseball fundamentals, as with the Pinto and Mustang divisions, the Pony division is a transition league. Players are typically transitioning to high school baseball. This division will continue to use all of the major league baseball rules with the exception of the designated hitter rule, and will begin to use high school rules, such as must slide into 2nd base on double plays, must avoid contact, 3 trips to the mound before taking the pitcher out, the high school balk rule(s), etc. A single batting order is used as well as standard defensive positions.