Kickball has no official governing body in the United States, and its rules vary from league to league. Various national and international kickball organizations provide specific rules for the sport. These sets of rules provide different guidelines for the number of innings in a kickball game.
Basics
Standard kickball rules resemble those of baseball and softball. A kickball inning, like a baseball inning or a softball inning, has two halves, allowing each team to play offense and defense. In each inning, both teams kick and field. The team with the most runs scored at the end of a certain number of innings wins the game. If a team is winning after the top of the last inning, the game ends before that team kicks in the bottom of the inning.
Standard Game Length
A regulation kickball game lasts five innings, according to the World Adult Kickball Association. League coordinators may also enforce a time limit for regular season games, according to WAKA. The time limit may not be shorter than 45 minutes or longer than 90 minutes. In the case of a timed game, the game may end before the completion of five innings. Other organizations' kickball rules call for more innings. According to the Midwestern Unconventional Sports Association, or MUSA, Madison kickball rules, games consist of seven innings or a time limit of 55 minutes. According to Neighborhood Sports in Texas, games end after six innings or 50 minutes.
Ties
If a game remains tied after five complete innings, the referee should record the game's score as a tie, according to the World Adult Kickball Association. According to MUSA Madison rules, regular season games may end in ties, but playoff games must continue into an extra inning to determine a winner. Tie
Called Games
Referees may call off a game in progress for various reasons, including darkness, rain or other conditions that interfere with play, according to the World Adult Kickball Association. Referees must cancel games if they see lightning. If the referee calls a game off after three full innings have been played, the game counts as complete and the referee must record the score of the game at the end of the last full inning, according to WAKA rules. If the referee calls a game off before three full innings have been played, the game will not be considered complete. Teams may reschedule the game.
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