Ball box
Separate match, training and soft balls so feeder and receiver know what is coming. Retire split or misshapen equipment.
Adult pause point
Safety Gate
The fieldbook supports a conversation about preparation. It does not inspect a venue, diagnose injury, certify equipment, decide return to play or replace qualified coaching, medical, safeguarding or emergency guidance.
Before the first ball
Space → people → equipment → stop signal.
Walk the active area. Match ball and protective equipment to the planned activity. Make waiting positions visible. Name who may pause play and when a ball may be collected.
Six practical gates
Inspect the session layer adults can actually see.
These prompts are not a certificate or guarantee. When the local process is stricter, the local process governs.
Bat check
Inspect grip, handle, splice, face and edges. Keep a clear bat-length circle around every active swing.
Protective set
Match helmet, pads, gloves and other protective equipment to the ball, activity, participant and applicable rules.
Markers and boundary
Use visible low-profile markers and keep bags, bottles and spare equipment outside running and throwing lanes.
First-aid route
Know the applicable first-aid arrangement, access route and emergency process before activity begins.
Shared water plan
Make breaks predictable, account for heat and fatigue, and keep water away from balls, bats and run-through lanes.
Stop
When the picture is no longer safe
Pause if someone enters the delivery lane, cannot track the ball, reports pain or distress, or conditions change unexpectedly.
Reset
After material change
Reassess after rain, damage, collision, boundary changes or any interruption that alters the original plan.
Get help
Use the real response route
Follow the applicable venue, organisation and emergency process. For urgent danger in New Zealand, use emergency services—not an app workflow.
Safeguarding boundary: the app has no child profile, chat, public posting, private adult-child messaging, follower system or precise-location sharing. Young participants should encounter real-world ideas only with an attentive parent, caregiver, coach or authorised adult.