How many for offense and how many for defense?
Where in NFHS?

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Originally posted by POLOGREEN:
How many for offense and how many for defense?
Where in NFHS?

1 per inning for the offense.
3 per 7-inning game for the defense (no conference charged if the pitcher is removed) 1 per inning for extra innings. Any additional defensive conferences require removal of the pitcher.

If either team has a charged conference, the other team can conference (and not be charged) as long as it breaks up when the charged conference ends.

The rule is 3-4

Polo...

make sure you keep notation of the conferences on your lineup card.......nothing more embarassing that getting tripped up.........

Thanks guys I got into a discussion with a coach on Saturday he wanted 3 offensively each inning. I said NO way! only one per inning. Do you know where it is in the rulebook.

Conference are covered in 3-4-1 through 3-4-5.

I have had my fair share of "charged" conferences myself---just ask the umpires

Ok you have a starting pitcher and you make a trip in the first, second and third inning. So you make the pitching change in the third inning - now do you have another three trips since it's a new pitcher OR do you have to make a change on your first trip (fourth overall) to the new pitcher?

I have always wondered about this.

Thanks

Great question Coach

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Originally posted by coach2709:
Ok you have a starting pitcher and you make a trip in the first, second and third inning. So you make the pitching change in the third inning - now do you have another three trips since it's a new pitcher OR do you have to make a change on your first trip (fourth overall) to the new pitcher?

I have always wondered about this.

Thanks

You get 3 trips per GAME. After the 3rd charged conference, every visit requires a pitching change.

In your example, the 3rd visit wouldn't be charged because you changed the pitcher. You would still have one left.

Thanks Dash - that is what I thought it was but wasn't real sure. I didn't know that the third trip in my situation wouldn't count though.