2024 Tournament – National Softball Association of the Deaf

49th Annual NSAD Tournament

in Overland Park, Kansas

ROAD TO KANSAS CITY

Road to Kansas City

WOMEN

BAB

East Cost Combats

Intensity

Florida Riptide

Midwest Elite

Midwest Sizzle

COED

Indy Thunder

Kings & Queens

Mamba Mentality C&S

Midwest Underdogs

Pink Champagne

Ruthless

Super Smash

Smoking Bases

West Coast Trip

Zombies

MEN

Austin Legit

Bat City

Boomtown

4SA Blue Sox

CCD Chicago Old Style

Detroit

East Coast Sandlots

Florida Beach Bums

JagerBomb

Mafia

MinnePaul

New England Evolution

One Hit Wonders

Smoking Bases

X-Mafia

BLUE VALLEY SPORTS COMPLEX INFORMATION

HOTELS

Hampton Inn Suites by Hilton Overland Park South
7521 W. 135th Street
Overland Park, KS 66223
PH #: 913-681-6600

King Standard- $129.00
2 Queen Standard- $139.000

Group Code: 90N

Deadline: June 24, 2024

Thank you for choosing our Hampton for your team’s stay this 07.24-07.29. Please note guests may now start calling our hotel directly at 913.681.6600 with code 90N to reserve in the block. Alternatively, they may also reserve via this link: National Association of the Deaf

All guests will have up until 06.25.24 at 11:59pm to reserve in the block. After this date the hotel will continue to receive reservations based on availability at the prevailing rates (discounted rates will no longer apply)

Tournament Balls (NEW)

WOMEN BALLS- DUDLEY THUNDER SY

MEN BALLS- DUDLEY THUNDER ZN

Thursday- Social Event (Kickball)

THURSDAY SOCIAL EVENT

Kickball Tournament Info

$10 per player

FEE LINK

Coaches/ Softball Council Meetings

Coaches ZOOM Meeting

When: Sunday, July 21

Women Team Coaches Zoom Meeting- 9 a.m. (CST)

COED Team Coaches Zoom Meeting- 10:15 (CST)

Men Team Coaches Zoom Meeting- 11:30 (CST)

PLEASE BE ON TIME FOR THE MEETING.

Who:

Board of Directors:

Kevin Bella- Commissioner
Sheri Mize- Secretary
Brian Fruits- Treasurer
Ronnie Zuchegno- Law Chair
Vance Rewolinski- Emeritus
– Tournament Director
– UIC
All Coaches
Umpires- (Optional)

AGENDA:

Roll Call
Player’s Confirmation List
Tournament/ Game Rules
Line-up / Statistics
All- Stars
Open Discussion / Questions/ New Business

Please be sure to review the tournament and game rules.

Thanks..

Softball Council ZOOM Meeting

When: Sunday, July 21st

Time: 6PM PST/ 8PM CST/9PM EST

Who: 17 people

Board of Directors: Kevin Bella- Commissioner, Sheri Mize-Secretary, Brian Fruits- Treasurer, Ronnie Zuchegno- By- Law Chair, Vance Rewolinski- NSAD Emeritus

North Quadrant Reps.- Whitney Riney, Scott Bradach and Charles Trumble

East Quadrant Reps.- Joey Kolcun, Alicia Johnson and Matt Thomas

West Quadrant Reps.- VACANT, Rod Jex, and VACANT

South Quadrant Reps.- Stefi Hurwitz, Raffory Pena- Duran and Paige Thompson

2023 Softball Minutes

2024 Softball Softball Council Meeting Proposals

2023 New Business Motions ( ASL)

NSAD RULES

Uniforms/ Equipments Rules-Updated 7/6/24

Uniforms and Equipments

Teams are required to wear like uniforms. The pants and shorts can be mixed as long the same colors. (MEN Only)
Hats are optional. As long the hats are same design to all players. (MEN ONLY) NSAD
Teams are required to wear like uniforms only on jersey shirts including team members. (CO-ED/ WOMEN ONLY) NSAD
Players shall not wear shoes with metal cleats. (NSA)
Pitchers are required to wear face masks (NSAD)
Bats approved ASA, NSA and USSSA (watch out for the updated of banned bats) (NSAD)
All players’ bats must pass barrel compression test to play. (NSAD)

Tournament Rules-Updated 7/6/24

NSAD TOURNAMENT RULES

Pool Games will have the following:

1) 7 innings or 55 minutes.

2) There shall be a running clock by the home plate umpire.

3) Games will be called for Mercy Rulings after the specific number of complete innings

* Twenty (20) runs after three (3) complete innings

* Fifteen (15) runs after four (4) complete innings

* Twelves (12) runs after five (5) complete innings

4) No extra innings (game can end as tie)

Elimination Bracket Games will have the following:

1) 7 innings or 65 minutes (Due to unpredictable weather)

2) There shall be a running clock by the home plate umpire.

3) Games will be called for Mercy Rulings after the specific number of complete innings

* Twenty (20) runs after three (3) complete innings

* Fifteen (15) runs after four (4) complete innings

* Twelve (12) runs after five (5) complete innings

4) If game is tied at end of 7 innings or time expires,Tie Breaker will be used as Omaha Tie Breaker (OTB) except for the championship game. With a last batter from previous inning will start at 2nd base. The next batter in the line up will start with a 2-2 count with 1 courtesy foul. This procedure is repeated until a winner is declared.

5) In Championship game, Team A with one loss play against Team B with no loss will play 7 innings or 65 minutes and mercy rule is in effect. If both teams have 1 loss each shall play 7 innings with 75 minutes without mercy rule. (Passed 2021)

Game Rules- Updated 7/6/24

Game Rules:

THE LINEUP CARD must be submitted to the other team’s scorekeeper or umpire before 10 minutes of the game. The card included the player’s last name with one letter of first name with the number of the jersey. Also the substitute player must be in the lineup card. Umpires will pay attention to the number of jerseys for batting order. If the batting order according to jersey number is out of order the team could bring it to the umpire after first pitch for an automatic out. (PASSED 2023
GRACE PERIOD: There will be no grace period for any scheduled games unless the tournament director or Commissioner grants to have a grace period.
HOME AND VISITOR: it will be determined by a coin flip.
TEAM COMPOSITION: Teams may start with eight (8) players and add up to ten (10) once the game has started. A team that starts the game with 8 or 9 may add additional players after the game has started. These players should be placed at the bottom of the line-up. Teams playing with 10 or 11 players may finish the game with 8 players, but the vacated spots in the line-up will be an automatic out, regardless of the reason for the player’s inability to play.
HOMERUN LIMITS: Limit five (5) home runs per game. (A home run is a ball hit over the fence) Any home run hit after the permitted amount will be ruled OUT.Note: It is each team’s responsibility to retrieve its own foul balls or home run balls. They should be returned to the home plate umpire.
COURTESY RUNNER:

a) Limit one per inning

b) Anyone on the eligible roster can run.

c) It would not be considered a substitute.

d) Unlimited CR for pitcher. (Hitter must be a pitcher in previous inning)

CO-ED Rules-Updated 7/6/24

CO-ED Modified Rules

6-4 Co-ED Slow pitch, (6) males and four (4) female players.
NOTE: A female CAN be a pitcher in a 6/4 format, but a male must be the catcher. The other females can play any other position other than pitcher, without regard to any specific number of infielders or outfielders being male or female, but must still have 1 female in both infield and outfield.
The Batting order in 6/4 tournaments shall be no more than two (2) male batters in a row. After two (2) male batters, there MUST be a female batter. If the male batter walks, the male batter will always be awarded two (2) bases.
No more than six (6) male player may play defense at one time
If the extra player (EP) is used, a team must use two (2) extra players, one male and one female. These players may play defense at any time, but they must retain their original positions in the batting order. The batting order must remain the same unless a substitution is used in the offensive line-up. NOTE: When a team is using the extra player(s) (EP), and in the event a player or players are removed for any reason during the course of the game and no substitution is available, the player removed shall be scored as an out when his/her turn comes up in the batting order. In the event this occurs, the player immediately following the removed player is simply bypassed as a batter, but may still remain in the game as a defensive player.
A Courtesy Runner (which is not recorded as a substitute in the line-up) and of the same sex, may be used for one (1) male player and one (1) female player per inning. The Courtesy Runner can be any player on the team roster who is present, eligible and not been ejected and may be used for one (1) male and one (1) female player per inning per team. The Courtesy Runner DOES NOT have to be the same player each time the player in need of the courtesy runner becomes a runner. The courtesy runner will be entered into the game by the Head Coach through the home plate umpire before play resumes. Once play resumes by the umpire declaring play ball; that courtesy runner will be officially entered. If the courtesy runner comes to bat while on base, the courtesy runner’s spot in the batting order becomes an out and the next batter listed in the batting order comes to bat. The courtesy runner “MAY NOT” under any circumstances be substituted for. The defensive team “MAY” walk to get to the vacated spot in the lineup.
HR Rule is Plus One (1) thef irst HR over the limit will be declared an out.
CODA/SODA RULE: Allow 1 hearing male player and 2 hearing female player to participate on the COED team. (Check Hearing Player Rules) Note: See the Glossary of “hearing player”
UNIFORMS: Teams are required to wear the same uniforms only on jersey shirts including team members.

Seeding Rules

NSAD SEEDING RULES (pdf)

Seeding will be based upon the results of all Pool Games with the following priority:

1. Won-Loss Percentage
2. Head to Head record
3. Run differential (total runs scored less total runs allowed for pool games)
4. Fewest total runs allowed for pool games
5. Coin Flip
NOTE: #1- Run Differential – If none of the teams defeat the other two teams then a three-way tiebreaker occurs:

For example:
Team A, B and C are tied. Scores were:
Team C 10, Team B 5
Team C 10, Team A 11
Team B 10, Team A 2
Team A has a run differential of: +1, -8 = -7
Team B has a run differential of: -5, +8 = +3
Team C has a run differential of: +5, -1= +4
Team C is declared the winner (+4) and Team B (+3) is declared runner up. If the remaining
two teams that are still tied for qualifying spot, tie breaker will revert back to #2 see above.
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NOTE: #2– MAX Runs (Ex.) Team A won by 31 runs in 3rd inn. (36-5). Max runs will be used 20.
For example:
Team A 36, Team B 5 (3rd inning), score will be recorded as 25-5 (20)
Team B 21, Team C 2 (4th inning), score will be recorded as 17-2 (15)
Team C 20, Team A 9 (5th inning), score will be recorded as 19-9 (10)
Team A has a run differential of: +20, -10 = +10
Team B has a run differential of: -20, +15 = -5
Team C has a run differential of: -15, +10 = -5
Team A is declared the winner and Team B is declared runner up (head to head)