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Copied from the NFHS site:
2006 NFHS SOFTBALL RULES CHANGES
3-5-1 & New Penalty: The head coach is now required to attend the pregame conference and verify the team is legally and properly equipped. Penalty has been established for non-compliance. First offense results in a team warning, subsequent offense results in the offender and the head coach being restricted to the dugout/bench.
3-6-19 New: If a participant intentionally removes a boundary line, a strike or ball shall be called on the batter for an infraction by the offense or defense, respectively. A team warning shall also be issued to the head coach. Any subsequent infraction will result in the head coach being restricted to the dugout/bench for the remainder of the game.
7-2-1h New: A strike will be called on the batter when, in the umpires judgment, she prevents a pitched ball from entering the strike zone.
7-4-1k: The batter will be called out when the bat hits the ball a second time outside the batters box.
2006 MAJOR EDITORIAL CHANGES
1-3-6 New; 1-5-5: Language added to clarify that softballs and bats may not be altered from their originally manufactured legal state by using any treatment or device.
1-6-6: Reminder that beginning January 1, 2006 batting helmets shall have a NOCSAE-approved face mask/guard protector.
1-8-4 New: A new article was added to clarify that players may wear face/head protection in the field.
1-7-3 (F.P.): Any non-adult warming up a pitcher at any location within the confines of the field shall wear an approved catcher's helmet and mask combination a mask and throat protector.
2-10: Section was reorganized for clarity. Reference to the fielder holding the ball long enough for a catch was removed.
2-15-2; 4-1-2; 10-2-3: Articles relating to the pregame conference and the umpires duties during the pregame conference were reorganized to reduce redundancies.
3-5-4 Penalty: The penalty for a coach physically assisting a runner was changed to be consistent with other rules.
8-6-4; 8-8-17 New: Clarified that a base runner passing an obstructed runner is not out.
8-6-14: Clarified that a base runner is out whenever malicious contact occurs and that malicious contact always supersedes obstruction.
2006 POINTS OF EMPHASIS
1. Obstruction
2. Huddles
3. Uniforms
4. Bunts Slap Hits
1st change - this is the "experimental" ruling that we used in Pa this past season. It seemed to work pretty well.
I am told that in Pennsylvania, we'll be using the ITB for 2006.
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Steve M
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