BASIC SOFTBALL INFORMATION:
FwF is an adult, coed league and anyone 18+ can play! We have two separate leagues.

• Sunday WINTER 2025 softball – registration is OPEN!
  Games take place beginning on January 5, 2025
• Sunday SPRING 2025 softball – registration is OPEN!
  Games take place beginning on March 16
  SPRING NOTE: We will skip Easter, Mother’s Day & Memorial Day weekends.
  West Hills/John Bynon Park, which is located across the street from West Hills Elementary school off of Sheffield Dr.
  Sunday is our true social league. If you have never played softball/baseball before, we encourage trying Sunday first.
  SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SEE A MAP OF WHERE TO PARK AND PLAY!.
• Register prior to 2 weeks before games begin to save $10 automatically (details below).
• Games last roughly an hour.
• We will work with your schedules! Just send us your request prior to the schedule releasing.
• Every free agent, person(s) without a team, DOES get placed. Guaranteed, register with confidence! 
• Sarah Roe is the Sunday commissioner.  
  ***See further below for more rules/details

For Sunday league, we will work around kickball schedules the best we can, in case you wish to play both leagues. We MUST be told what Sunday Kickball teams you have players on before the schedule is created to do this.
However, there may be the rare schedule conflict. Please have your captain inform us of players who participate in both by emailing sports@fwfknoxville.com or telling our commissioner.

HOW TO REGISTER:

• Click the “REGISTRATION” tab above to officially register on our site.
  If you have already registered once before, then just log-in if you aren’t already.
• After you complete this step then click on the “MAKE PAYMENT” tab and complete check-out.
• NOTE: you are not registered to play on a team until you submit payment.
  Registering on the site only creates an account on here. Make sure payment is submitted!
• SIGN ON AS A FREE AGENT OR WITH A FRIEND!
  In the team name field just type “free agent” or “free agent with (name)” to be placed with a friend.
• EARLY REGISTRATION INCENTIVE is $45 for 8 games total of play in the league.
  WINTER SEASON ONLY – $40 for 7 games total of play.
  Pay prior to 2 weeks before games beginning to save! Discount is auto-applied at check-out, no code needed!
  
• REGULAR REGISTRATION COST is $55 if registering after the 2 weeks prior deadline.
  REGULAR COST IS $50 IN WINTER SEASON.
• Team captain must register the team first unless you are registering as a free agent (to be placed with a random team).
• Team captains choose the team colors. Any color you choose will revert to what your captain picked.

FwF TEAM SHIRTS ARE OPTIONAL BUT TEAMS MUST MATCH IN SHIRT COLOR!
Purchase an official Fun with Friends Softball League soft tri-blend shirt at a discount for playing!
Only $15 at checkout, just select the option. If you don’t know your team color or are a free agent, leave the color choice blank. 
The FwF shirt comes with several discounts at area locations.
See the full FwF Shirt Discount list HERE!
NOTE: If you register 1 week or less prior to the season start date, you will get a Royal Frost Late Registration colored shirt.

LEAGUE INFO & RULES:

• SOFTBALL RULES: FwF-Coed-Softball-Rules-2023-Update

• APPROVED MEN’S BATS:
  MensApprovedBats

• Balls are provided by the league. We use 44/375 12″ softballs. The league will also have a few bats and other select items to borrow for the game. See the umpire if you need to borrow a bat, glove, etc.

• 12 players per team minimum required (no maximum). With at least 3 being females.
• 3 females must take the field and bat. Otherwise, the team must play short in the field & take an out at bat for each missing.
• The only gender requirement is on the females. There is no other gender requirement for a team.
• IF YOUR TEAM DOESN’T REGISTER UP TO 12 PLAYERS, YOU WILL RECEIVE FREE AGENTS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT. Even if you ask us not to. We are sorry but all teams must meet the minimum. If we do not have enough to provide, it will be up to you to finalize your roster or be subject to game-time penalties.
• You can’t substitute missing players if your team roster doesn’t meet the minimum requirements (12 minimum with 3 female minimum). Once your team roster reflects the minimum, you may obtain substitute players as needed until playoffs.
• Every player on the team gets playing time at every game they show up for. All players present are required to hit but can choose not to field if their team has enough. If they want to field, they must be allowed to play. A captain can’t bench you, report them if they attempt to. 
• Free Agents will not be assigned until 5-7 days prior to the season starting. If you have questions, please reach out!
• You will get a minimum of 8 games guaranteed. This time-frame includes a playoff week to determine the champ!

THINGS YOUR TEAM WILL NEED:

• Matching shirt colors and team bats. If you choose a FwF Softball shirt at check-out and don’t know your team color, just leave the color choice blank or select a random one. It will revert to your team color automatically.
• You will need a glove.
• Outside of that, everything else is optional and up to you!
• Cleats are highly recommended but not required.

PLAYOFFS

• Top teams make the Golden Glove Division playoffs. The bottom teams make the Beer Cup Division.
  With that stated, there can be 2 weeks of playoffs. Top number of teams will vary depending upon total number of teams registered. If we have 9 teams or less, all will play in the Golden Glove. If we have 12 teams or less, top 6 will play in Golden Glove and bottom 6 will play in Beer Cup. If we have more than 12 teams, top 8 will play in Golden Glove.
• Our Monday League may vary from the aforementioned. Updates will be provide during Monday season.
• Final regular season standing will determine who you play in playoffs and which division you qualify for. This playoff schedule will release the week before playoffs.

AWARD:

• Winning team gets a picture with the FwF Golden Glove Trophy and their team plaque added to it!
• Golden Glove winning team members get FwF championship medals OR an option from our Winner’s Circle “shop”.
• Lower (Beer) Division winners get pictures with and a team plaque added to the FwF Beer Trophy.