Baseball5

What is Baseball5...?

Baseball5 is a new five-on-five sport derived from traditional Baseball. This faster urban discipline can be played anywhere with no bats and no gloves.  This program replaces our Winterball Program. 

Here you will find links to helpful videos: 

What is Baseball5...?

How to Play Baseball5

Baseball5...??? - From the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)

Description of play

Once the hitter puts the ball in play, they must run to first base.

During the game, the runners can leave their base only when the ball is "hit" into play by a teammate. 

There can be no more than one player on a base at the same time. If there is, the last player to arrive at the base is called out.

A run is scored when the runner circles the bases to home plate without being called out.

A game consists of FIVE INNINGS . In each inning, the teams take turns playing on
OFFENCE and on DEFENCE with the roles switched when the team on defence records three outs or when all the players on a team have had a chance to hit.

How the game is played
A player on the offensive team hits the ball with his or her hand. The hitter can strike the ball with a hand, fist, wrist or arm. Once hit, the ball must fall within the playing area to be in play. The ball CANNOT leave the playing area. There are NO Pitchers in Baseball5. There are NO home runs in Baseball5.

Program Content - Baseball5 Handbook

More Resources

Here you will find the Instructional Sheet

Here you will find a link to a document containing all Baseball5 resources, from drills to modules. 

Here you will find a program created for teachers to use in their gym classes.

Additionally, teachers can now log into PLAYBuilder to find even more resources... It is a great way to build lesson plans and find inspiration for your phys. ed classes. There is a Basbeball5 Toolkit that can be found on the app/website, as well as examples of lesson plans to use. A simplified version of these lesson plans can also be found in the Manual.

If you would like to learn more about Baseball5 or how Baseball BC can help you launch the program for your school year, please reach out to

Tara Lambie

Coordinator – Administration

Baseball BC

604-586-3310

tara@baseball.bc.ca