Farm is the first year Players begin to pitch in games. Games are Saturday and one day during the week depending on schedule. Teams focus on teaching kids how to pitch & hit from a kid pitched ball. Pitchers pitch from 40', versus the farther 46' of older divisions. The early portion of the season, Farm does not play with walks. Should a pitcher throw 4 balls, the coach for the batting team comes to the mound to pitch from one knee to finish the at bat. Should the batter have 1 strike on them at the time of receiving the 4th ball, then batter has 1 strike when their coach begins to pitch to them. There is the potential for coach pitch strikeouts.
About halfway through the regular season, games shift to full baseball - with walks (no more coach pitch).
Farm, Minor & Major divisions are our coined our competitive divisions - however, during our regular season games, we strive in all divisions to ensure players of all ability are given the opportunity to play all positions & bat during every game with a continuous lineup. These divisions are considered "competitive" because each will have end of season tournaments