WAKA (World Adult Kickball Association)
Excerpts from rules and regulations pertaining to kicking
2. EQUIPMENT
  • 2.02 Athletic shoes are required. Metal cleats are not allowed.
  • 2.04 The official kickball is the red WAKA Logo Kickball, measuring 10 inches in diameter when properly inflated to a pressure of 1.5 pounds per square inch.
4. PLAYER ELIGIBILITY
  • 4.01 All participating players must appear on written lineups, reflecting that game’s kicking order, to be exchanged between the captains of each team before play begins.
  • 4.02 A claim of improper kicking order must be made to the Head Referee who will make the final determination. Such a claim must contain two parts: 1) that the written kicking order was exchanged in accordance with 5.05a; 2) that the claim is made on the field no sooner than the first pitch thrown to the accused "wrong" kicker, and no later than the first pitch thrown to the subsequent kicker. The burden of proof rests with the accused team. Any resulting play is nullified by a finding of improper kicking order, with an out recorded for the "wrong" kicker (seeRule 14.02i).
9. KICKING
  • 9.01 All kicks must be made by foot or leg, below the knee (see Rule 13.02e). Any ball touched by the foot or leg below the knee is a kick.
  • 9.02 All kicks must occur:
    • a. at or behind home plate. The kicker may step on home plate to kick, however no part of the planted foot may be in front of or cross the front edge of the home plate (see Rule 13.02g).
    • b. within the kicking box (see Rule 1.01g). The kicker must have at least a portion of the plant foot within the kicking box during the kick (see Rule 13.02g). The kicker may line up outside of the kicking box.
11. STRIKES
  • 11.01 A count of three (3) strikes is an out.
  • 11.02 A strike is:
    • a. a pitch that is not kicked and is not called a ball per Rule 12.02, that enters any part of the strike zone (see Rule 1.02);
    • b. an attempted kick missed by the kicker inside or outside of the strike zone (see Rule 1.02).
  • 11.03 Foul balls never count as strikes.
12. BALLS
  • 12.01 A count of four (4) balls advances the kicker to first base.
  • 12.02 A ball is:
    • a. a pitch outside of the strike zone as judged by the Referee where a kick is not attempted (see Rule 1.02);
    • b. a pitched ball that does not touch the ground at least twice or roll before reaching the kicking box;
    • c. a pitched ball that exceeds one foot in height from the bottom of the ball as it enters the kicking box;
    • d. a pitched ball that exceeds one foot in height from the bottom of the ball at any time while passing through the kicking box, prior to reaching the kicker;
    • e. a pitched ball that is higher than one foot at the plate.
13. FAIRS AND FOULS
  • 13.01 A count of four (4) fouls is an out. Foul balls never count as strikes.
  • 13.02 A foul ball is:
    • a. a kicked ball first touching the ground in foul territory (see Rule 1.01h, Diagram 3G, 3H, 3J);
    • b. a kicked ball first touching a fielder or Referee wholly in foul territory, while the ball is over foul territory (see Rule 1.04);
    • c. a kicked ball landing in fair territory, but touching the ground in foul territory on its own at any time before crossing the 1st-3rd base diagonal (see Rule 1.01h, Diagram 3I, 3K);
    • d. a kicked ball landing in fair territory, then entering foul territory before crossing the 1st-3rd base diagonal, and touching a fielder or Referee wholly in foul territory (see Rule 1.01h, Rule 1.04);
    • e. a kick made on or above the knee (see Rule 9.01);
    • f. a kicked ball touched more than once or stopped in the kicking box by the kicker;
    • g. a kicked ball first kicked outside of the kicking box (see Rule 9.02) (see Diagram 3L, 3M);
    • h. a kicked ball first touching a permanent object, such as a batting cage or fence.
  • 13.03 A fair ball is:
    • a. a kicked ball landing and remaining in fair territory (see Rule 1.04) (see Diagram 3C, 3D, 3E);
    • b. a kicked ball landing in fair territory then traveling into foul territory beyond the 1st-3rd base diagonal (see Diagram 3A, 3B, 3F).
    • c. a kicked ball first touching a player or Referee in fair territory (see Rule 1.04);
    • d. a kicked ball landing in fair territory, then touched by a participant in fair territory before touching the ground in foul territory (see Rule 1.04);
    • e. a kicked ball that touches a runner before touching the ground in foul territory (see Rule 1.04);
    • f. a kicked ball that touches the kicker once outside the kicking box before touching the ground in foul territory (see Rule 1.04);
14. OUTS
  • 14.01 A count of three (3) outs by a team completes the team's half of the inning.
  • 14.02 An out is:
    • a. a count of three (3) strikes or four (4) fouls;
    • b. any kicked ball (fair or foul) that is caught by a fielder. Any part of the ball may incidentally touch the ground during the act of catching and still be ruled an out if the fielder first displays full control of the ball and maintains control after touching the ground;
    • e. a kicker or runner that interferes with the ball (see Rules 15.02b and c);
    • g. a runner off base when the ball is kicked (see Rule 10.03);
    • i. any kicker that does not kick in the proper kicking line up (see Rule 4.02);