NAFA NATIONALS

2021 NAFA Summer Nationals Tournament

Coaches:
Please go to the "Team Check-in" table at the front gate of the field of your first game to collect your coaches and player passes. You will receive 13 player wristbands and 3 coaches wristbands that MUST BE WORN ALL WEEKEND. These wristbands give you entry into any complex *only during the week your team is playing in NAFA Nationals*, access to entry expires the last Sunday game of that week.
Please place the wristband on the GLOVE hand and secure with just 1 finger gap between the band and the arm. Remind players NOT to remove these until after the end of their tournament week. No one will be allowed in the complex without a wristband: NO EXCEPTIONS.

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2021 NAFA Summer Nationals Schedule:

First Week:
10B/14B start Thursday morning and end Sunday night
12A starts Friday morning and end Sunday night
Awards presentation following each team’s last game.
See BELOW for Pin Trading & Contest Schedule & Details

Second Week:
12B/16B/10A: Games start Thursday morning thru Sunday
14A/16A/18A/18B: Games start Friday morning thru Sunday
Awards presentation following each team’s last game.
Same Friday schedule for Pin Trading & Contests

Third Week:
10C/12C/14C/15u/17u: Games start Thursday thru Sunday
Awards presentation following each team’s last game.
Same Friday schedule for Pin Trading & Contests

FIND YOUR BRACKET USING THE BUTTON ABOVE.

FACILITY RULES:
The facility rules do not allow metal or glass containers inside the facilities.
No animals are allowed, no RV parking in the parking lots.
No un-sportsmanlike behavior is tolerated.
No alcohol. No smoking inside the complexes & parks.
Willamette Park is turf fields: NO METAL CLEATS/NO Sunflower seeds
ABSOLUTELY NO BOOMBOXES/MUSIC OR NOISEMAKERS UNTIL AFTER 8:30AM.

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SPECTATOR GATE FEE

Spectator Admission Fee -
Single Day ticket:
Adult: $8.00
Youth (ages 11-17)/Senior (Age 60+): $5.00

-OR, SAVE -
$20.00 All Tournament Adult Pass (saves you $12.00 over four days, or $4.00 over three days)

$12.00 All Tournament Youth/Senior Pass (saves you $8.00 over four days, or $3.00 over three days).

All Children 10 & Under
Are FREE.

*Everyone usually plays a minimum of 3 days, while a lot of teams play 4 days.
**Any adult trying to use a player pass will be ejected from the event. Anyone trying to copy passes will be ejected from all events. And any attempt to swap passes will cause ejection.

CASH ONLY
for Gate fee's, Concession and Souvenirs

Events at Nationals:

SKITS: Digital submissions only
Teams should submit their skit on the NAFA Nationals Skit post on the NAFA Facebook page by adding their entry into the comments.
Text Elle if you have any questions: 503-929-4314

2020 Skit Winners: Sherwood Fireballs 12u Whisenhunt

PIN TRADING
Friday, 6:00pm @Crater
Players free trade their team pins for 30 minutes, teams also trade for charms, lanyards, bracelets and buttons: a Nationals Favorite!
Teams typically provide each player with 10-20 team pins to trade.
Buy your NAFA Nationals lanyard Crater to place all the pins you collect.

Every Player & Coach will get free pop drinks at Abby's Pizza all week long when food is ordered.

PLAYER CONTESTS:
FRIDAY 6:30 - 8:30pm @ Crater

Only 3 players may participate in any contest
Each player can only participate in 2 contests

Home Run Contest - a coach needs to be present to pitch to their players
Home to Home Sprint
Team Relay
Lag Toss
MOM'S RELAY
Long Throw

Fields for the
2021 NAFA Nationals:
Crater
Jaquith
North Marion
Newberg High School
Yamhill County High
Dayton High School
Willamette Park

We recommend securing hotel accommodations in areas central to Newberg, Sherwood, Wilsonville or Tualatin.

Pick Up Players
for Summer Nationals

1) every team needs them at this time of the year.

2) 3 max per team and they must be added on tourney machine waiver and must be pre-approved by email at youthfastpitch@gmail.com

3) no A or B rostered players in C, no A rostered players in B, see exceptions below

4) exceptions, for summer nationals an age eligible player that has been playing up all year may drop to her own age group but must be pre-approved. Obviously we allow pitchers as pickups but discourage it and they must be pre-approved. Any other exceptions must be approved by email by the Executive Director.

We disqualify kids every year so don’t let it be your kid this year.

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2021 NAFA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT RULES
For rainout info: Call 888-852-1115 at 10pm Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night, 6:30 am Saturday morning or 2 hours prior to your first game. For inclement weather, time limits may be shortened at the Director’s discretion.

All games will be played using NAFA Rulebook with the following exceptions:
1A) Game Run Rule: 12 run rule after 3 innings, 10 run after 4 innings, 7 RUN RULE after 5 or 6 innings for all games and all ages including the championship games.
1B) For the National Tournament there will be NO RUN RULE PER INNING.
1C) Flip-Flop rule: NO Flip-Flop will be used for National Tournament
2) There is a 80 minute time limit. No new inning can start after 80 minutes.

TIED GAMES REMAIN TIED in POOL PLAY.
Tie breaker rules – for pool play – 1) record, 2) head to head, 3) least runs allowed, 4) run differential.
In BRACKET PLAY if tiebreaker is needed runners will be placed on both 2nd and 3rd bases.
There is no time limit on the championship game IF there is no game following on the field. Exception: there is a 1:45 time limit on 10u championship games if there is no game following. There is NO Drop Dead.

3) Lag for home team. The team that has traveled furthest shall take the 3rd base dugout unless the team is staying for back to back games then they may stay.
4) Pitching rule. NAFA rule. 3 warm-up pitches are allowed prior to each inning or one minute, whichever comes first.

The penalty for an illegal pitch is a ball on the batter and no forced advancement of baserunners. The coach has the option to take the result of the play or the penalty.
Prior to starting the delivery the pivot foot must be in contact with the pitching plate and the non-pivot foot must be in contact with or behind the plate.

5) Courtesy Runners. The team at bat may use a courtesy runner for both the pitcher and/or the catcher anytime after they reach base, however the courtesy runner will be a player not in the game (if not batting the roster) or the player furthest away in the batting order (which is usually the last out but not always) if batting the roster or if all subs have been used up. The same runner may not be used for both positions.
6) Batting options:

You may bat 9 and play 9.
You may also bat your roster with free defensive substitutions.
You may play 10 using a DP/FLEX using the NAFA rule.

7) Minimum Players to Start or finish. A team may start with 7 or 8 without taking outs. A team may continue a game with less players than it started for any reason, taking outs in the batting order each time they come up.

Exception: if a team is batting all their players, regardless of the number, and a player is injured and in the umpire’s judgment that player is unable to continue, then no out is taken and that spot in the order is skipped for the remainder of the game. The player who has left the game cannot return to the lineup unless she left due to the blood rule. There is no minimum to finish a game.

8) Unannounced Substitute. There is no penalty for an unannounced legal substitute. Upon notification by either team, the umpire shall announce the legal substitute and make the appropriate lineup card changes. All play prior to the unannounced legal substitute being brought to the umpire’s attention shall stand.
9) Metals cleats are allowed for only 14U, 16U & 18U Divisions only on dirt fields only.
10) Artificial Turf Fields – No metal cleats, no sunflower seeds, no sugary drinks.
11) Tie breaker rules – for pool play – 1) record, 2) head to head, 3) least runs allowed, 4) run differential, 5) runs scored