The FMYSA Board of Directors met and established a committee of volunteers to formulate a Pitch Count Rule Guideline for all FMYSA pitchers. Below is the agreed to limitations for FMYSA. For now, these rules will be self policed and violatiors will be subject to suspension and loss of practice fields. Any disputes arising from these rules will be sent directly to the aforementioned committee for review and action if necessary.

These are generally Pitch Smart guidelines. The rest of the information is directly from pitch smart (and consistent with a few other sources). The pitch counts are actually a little lower than Pitch Smart to account for a some warm-up and between inning pitches. Also, where we reduced pitch counts from Pitch Smart we consulted with some Rattler coaches in that age group (8U, 9U, 10U, 11U) to see how the proposed counts matched up with current usage and coaches general thoughts. While all Rattler coaches were not involved we did not receive any feedback in opposition.

The proposal related to a player not being able to pitch and catch in the same game comes directly from a Dr. James Andrew study and was logical to everyone on the committee.

The Safety of our players is the most important factor in this decision.

if you have any questions, please feel free to contact the board members at [email protected]

Thank you,

Jeff Nelson

President FMYSA

FMYSA Select & Recreational Pitch Count Rules
AGE	DAILY MAX (PITCHES IN GAME)	REQUIRED REST (PITCHES)
		0 Days	2 Day MAX	1 Days	2 Days	3 Days	4 Days	5 Days
9	55	1-30	75	31-40	40+	N/A	N/A	N/A
10	70	1-30	90	31-40	41-51	51+	N/A	N/A
11-12	75	1-30	95	31-40	40-51	51+	N/A	N/A
13-14	85	1-30	105	31-40	40-51	51+	N/A	N/A
15-18	95	1-30	125	31-45	46-60	61-75	76+	N/A
- If max pitch count is hit in the middle of an at bat the pitcher may finish the batter. Under no circumstances is a pitcher begin an at bat after hitting the max above
- If a player pitches and catches in the same game, in order to pitch and catch in the same game a player is limited to 25 pitches.
- 12U players and younger are not permitted to throw a curveball, or slider. Acceptable pitches are 2-seam fastball, 4-seam fastball, changeup & knuckleball

Clarification:
If an 11 or 12 year old pitcher throws more than 30 pitches on any given day, they are required to have at least one full day of rest before they can pitch again.  If that pitcher threw 25 pitches in one day, they could throw the next day, but only a maximum of 70 pitches on the second day because the two day max is 95 pitches.

If that 12 year old pitcher throws between 31 and 40 pitches, they must have one full day of rest (this does not mean 24 hours from the last time they pitched, it means they can not pitch the next calendar day).  If they throw between 41 and 51 pitches, they must have 2 full calendar days rest before they can pitch again.  If they throw more than 51 pitches, they must have at least 3 calendar days of rest before they can pitch again.