FIELD PREPARATION
AFTER PRACTICE
Fill in holes around home plate, pitching rubber
Put away all bases
Water and drag the whole infield
Pick up trash in dugouts
make sure that the connex boxes are locked
GAME DAY FIELD PREPARATION
Home team is responsible for setting up the field
Water field to settle the dust
Set pitching rubber to correct distance and nail into place
Put out the bases 1st base in the double bag-orange on the outside of baseline
Mark and chalk the batters boxes
Take a string line-drive nail at back point of home plate
Pull string down 1st base line to grass (line will be in center of 1st base)
Pull string down 3rd base (string goes on the outside of 3rd base all the way to grass)
Make a circle around pitching rubber (using a rake to make the circle, then chalk)
OPTIONAL
Coaches boxes on 1st and 3rd
Batters circle
VISITORS RESPONSIBILITY AFTER GAME PREPARATION
If you are NOT the last game
Pick up all softball gear and trash in the dugouts as quickly as possible
Check to see if next game needs any help
If you are the last game on the field
Pick up bases and put away
Fill in holes around pitching rubber, and home plate
Water the field and drag all of the infield
Pick up any left over things out of the dugout
If you are the last one to leave the fields, make sure all connex boxes are locked and
No one is in the snack bar
Lock the gate on your way out of Kloss Complex (for both practice and games)
PITCHING RUBBER DISTANCES
6U-8U 30'
10U 35'
12U 40'
Majors 43'
Bases 60'