Before purchasing equipment for your daughter to use in playing Tigard Diamond Sports softball, please review the following guidelines taken from the rule cited in the Little League rulebook.
EQUIPMENT | GUIDELINE |
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Bats |
Majors, AAA, AA, A - The bat must be a softball bat and shall not be more than 33" in length nor more than 2¼" in diameter. All non-wood bats shall be printed with a BPF (bat performance factor) of 1.20.
Junior Varsity (JV) - The bat must be a softball bat and shall not be more than 34" in length nor more than 2¼" in diameter. All nonwood bats shall be printed with a BPF (bat performance factor) of 1.20. |
Glove or Mitt |
The first baseman and every fielder other than the catcher must wear a glove or mitt of any weight and not more than 14" long from top to bottom, not more the 8" wide across the palm, and webbing not more than 5¾" wide at the top.
The pitcher's glove shall be of one solid color other than white, gray, or optic yellow, or if multi-colored, white, gray, or optic yellow shall not be included in the colors.
No pitcher shall wear sweat bands on their wrist or arm. A pitcher may not use a catcher's mitt or a first baseman's mitt. |
Helmets |
All helmets must bear the NOCSAE stamp. Helmets must have a nonglaresurface and cannot be mirror-like in nature. Helmets may not be re-painted and may not contain tape, re-applied decals, or decals by anyone other than the manufacturer.
Label your child's helmet by using a permanent marker and writing their name on the foam inside as writing on the helmet surface may disqualify the helmet from play. |
Catcher's Equipment |
The catcher must wear a mitt consistent with protecting the hand. Catchers must wear a long or short model chest protector. All catchers must wear: a chest protector with a neck collar, throat guard, shin guards, and a catcher's helmet with mask.
The catcher's helmet must bear the NOCSAE stamp (skull caps are not permitted).
All catchers must wear a "dangling" type throat guard during infield/outfield practice, pitcher warm-ups, and games. Dangling means the throat guard will still hang down and protect the neck area when the catcher is looking straight up. |
Miscellaneous |
Shoes with molded cleats are permitted at all levels.
Junior Varsity (JV) may optionally wear metal cleats.
Players must not wear watches, bracelets, rings, pins, and jewelry (metallic or non-metallic). Jewelry that alerts medical personnel to a specific condition is permitted. |
Tigard Diamond Sports has partnered with Dick's Sporting Goods to provide our families an opportunity to purchase product at a discount or certain weekends in the Spring. Check the calendar for specific dates.