Kickball rules

The rules for kickball are closely related to those of baseball. The main difference is that kickball involves a large bouncing ball. The ball is about the size of a soccer ball.

Kickball is played on a field with 4 bases arranged on the corners of a diamond-shaped "infield". Player positions are also similar to those of baseball. There is an "infield" (with defensive players near the bases) and an "outfield" (with defensive players beyond the bases to catch the ball if it is kicked far).

Game play goes as follows: the ball is rolled towards home plate, and the player who is up ( i.e., kicking ), tries to kick the ball. If the ball is caught in the air, the kicker is out, and he or she sits down. A player is also out if the ball is thrown at them, and hits them while they are not touching a base. If a thrown ball misses them, they may only run to the next base, which is known on the kickball field as the "one base on an overthrow" rule. Also similar to baseball, if the ball is thrown to the first baseman, and it is caught by the first baseman while he or she is touching first base, the player running to first base is out. This is known as a "forced out" in that the runner was forced to run to that base. A "forced out" can occur on any base that a runner is forced to run to.

Once a team gets 3 outs, the teams switch sides. A team gets one point for having a runner make it all the way around the bases and back to home base. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.