Playing inside

quincy · Mar 20, 2018

I am a fragile person so no picking on me.

Are schools required to play their official games outside?

There are some nice domes in our area, do not remember a conference game being played in one though.

YOCOACH · Mar 20, 2018

That depends upon the state and their HS association I believe. In our state, all games must be played on a regulation field and fence. However, I don't believe that it's specified indoors or outdoors. That said, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if the Northern Climes that experience heavy snowfall or extremely low temperatures many months out of the year such as International Falls, Minnesota doesn't allow it.

Twintrouble · Mar 20, 2018

I'm new to HS ball. But that I know of no official HS game has ever been played inside in MN. You might have one game in two weeks or four in week due to weather.

Never make any plans that cant be changed due to rescheduling games all the time.

Il softball fan · Mar 21, 2018

Never have heard of a high school game inside. Only dome I have been to is the Aventis (sp) dome up in Pekin, Il. There were two full size fields inside there if I remember correctly, but I don't remember how far the fences were. We were there for a 14u tournament a few years back, but I know they play older age groups in there also.

#7sDad · Mar 21, 2018

It's snowing here... again. At this rate, we'll be outside by July.

CoachJD · Mar 22, 2018

Where are these "domes" you speak of, and who do I have to kidnap/bribe/kill/blackmail to move our games into one of them?

There's no rules against it here, and even the field dimensions (the outfield fences, area behind home plate, etc.) are recommendations and not absolutes. I would love to not have to shiver through 35-degree weather games anymore.

In all seriousness, the only limiting factor is cost. I'm sure it's not cheap to rent one of those domes for a game.

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