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The Bedford Girls Softball League is a parent-led organization for girls between the ages of 4 and 12. 

Our goals are to promote a balance of sportsmanship, team spirit, and competition for the youth of our community. SAFETY, FAIRNESS, and CAMARADERIE are our HIGHEST PRIORITIES.

On behalf of the Bedford Girls Softball Board of Directors, we thank you for your continued support and hope you will continue to allow your children to participate and grow in our program.

Sincerely,

Bedford Girls Softball League

Organization

BGSL  is organized into recreational  and competitive. The recreational division also "competes" but the emphasis is weighted more toward learning the game, and rules may be modified for reasonable game length and to keep the girls from getting bored. 

There are limits to which division a girl can play in based upon birth year.  Girls who are too old for a division can't "play down".  Don't worry if you've never played, we have newbies at all levels, they end up getting a lot of support from the girls who have played.

League Age

 A players age is determined by the age they are on 12/31 of the year before the registration year.  So for a 2025 season, a girl who turns 11 on January 14th is league age 10 - because on 12/31/24 she was 10 years old.

Instructional Divisions:
 

Rookies: Designed for our youngest players, ages 4, 5, 6 to learn fundamentals and introduce the game of softball. Hitting is off the tee, intended to be fun and very basic in  a small group setting.

8U/6-7-8: This is for players ages 6-8 (league age). This is machine pitch or coach pitch to allow for consistency of location and speed of the pitch.  An 11" ball is used and games are limited to around an hour.

10U/9-10: For players 9-10 (league age).  Players pitch.   Games are limited to no new inning after 90 minutes, drop dead 2 hours. 10U teams travel and host other towns from the area.

Playing up: For some of the girls, playing in a division above their age is appropriate. If you think your player is one of those, register in the age-appropriate division and then send an email to a league rep with your play-up request.

12U: 11/12/13  there are up to 6 innings played, rules are mostly Babe Ruth standard. Balls are 12", pitching distance is 40 feet.  Games are limited to no new inning after 90 Minutes,  2 hours drop dead time. These are "real" softball games, including advanced hitting techniques, game strategy, and player development. 

5 run per inning limits are used for all SV games.  There is no "continuation rule" in SV.  With a continuation rule, if 4 runs have scored and a player hits a grand slam a side could score 8 runs - 3 runs past the limit. The problem with the continuation rule is that coaches would hold runners at third to load up bases to game the extra runs, and when the potential grand-slam comes to the plate they would be intentionally walked to keep the last 3 runs off the board. It's better to allow the batter to hit away, so we dumped the rule.

Innings for pitchers are limited - this gets more girls involved in pitching, and eliminates some of the advantage a team has when they have a pitcher that nobody can hit. 

Practices/Games:

Rookies: have one weekday practice and one Saturday Morning "game"  a week.

U8: One weeknight practice and one weekend game

10U: 1 practice a week and 2 games, one weekend and one weekday

12U: One practice per week and 2 games weekly, one weekday and one weekend.