Baseball fielding rotation maker
Enter your roster and how many innings you play, and get a defensive rotation where every player gets the same number of innings in the field, give or take one, plays a different position each inning, gets time in the infield, and never sits two innings running. Print it for the dugout.
Names stay in this browser. Nothing you type is sent to Playmaker unless you press Save this rotation. Free, no account, nothing to install.
Make your rotation
1. Sport
2. Format
Positions rotate: P, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF.
3. Your squad
First names or shirt numbers are plenty. Up to 24 players.
- Every player plays within one inning of everyone else: kept
- Nobody sits out two innings in a row: kept
- 54 places across 6 innings do not split evenly between 12 players, so 6 play 5 innings and 6 play 4 innings. Shuffle to change who gets the extra inning.
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Innings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player 1 | P | 1B | CF | –sits out | C | RF | 5+0.5 |
| Player 2 | C | 2B | LF | –sits out | P | CF | 5+0.5 |
| Player 3 | SS | 3B | RF | –sits out | 2B | 1B | 5+0.5 |
| Player 4 | 1B | CF | –sits out | P | 3B | LF | 5+0.5 |
| Player 5 | 2B | LF | –sits out | C | SS | 3B | 5+0.5 |
| Player 6 | 3B | RF | –sits out | SS | 1B | P | 5+0.5 |
| Player 7 | CF | –sits out | P | 1B | LF | –sits out | 4−0.5 |
| Player 8 | LF | –sits out | C | 2B | RF | –sits out | 4−0.5 |
| Player 9 | RF | –sits out | SS | 3B | CF | –sits out | 4−0.5 |
| Player 10 | –sits out | P | 1B | CF | –sits out | 2B | 4−0.5 |
| Player 11 | –sits out | C | 2B | LF | –sits out | SS | 4−0.5 |
| Player 12 | –sits out | SS | 3B | RF | –sits out | C | 4−0.5 |
An exact equal share is 4.5 innings each; the small number is each player's difference from it.
Inning by inning
- Inning 1 · On: Player 1 (P), Player 2 (C), Player 4 (1B), Player 5 (2B), Player 6 (3B), Player 3 (SS), Player 8 (LF), Player 7 (CF), Player 9 (RF) · Sitting out: Player 10, Player 11, Player 12
- Inning 2 · On: Player 10 (P), Player 11 (C), Player 1 (1B), Player 2 (2B), Player 3 (3B), Player 12 (SS), Player 5 (LF), Player 4 (CF), Player 6 (RF) · Sitting out: Player 7, Player 8, Player 9
- Inning 3 · On: Player 7 (P), Player 8 (C), Player 10 (1B), Player 11 (2B), Player 12 (3B), Player 9 (SS), Player 2 (LF), Player 1 (CF), Player 3 (RF) · Sitting out: Player 4, Player 5, Player 6
- Inning 4 · On: Player 4 (P), Player 5 (C), Player 7 (1B), Player 8 (2B), Player 9 (3B), Player 6 (SS), Player 11 (LF), Player 10 (CF), Player 12 (RF) · Sitting out: Player 1, Player 2, Player 3
- Inning 5 · On: Player 2 (P), Player 1 (C), Player 6 (1B), Player 3 (2B), Player 4 (3B), Player 5 (SS), Player 7 (LF), Player 9 (CF), Player 8 (RF) · Sitting out: Player 10, Player 11, Player 12
- Inning 6 · On: Player 6 (P), Player 12 (C), Player 3 (1B), Player 10 (2B), Player 5 (3B), Player 11 (SS), Player 4 (LF), Player 2 (CF), Player 1 (RF) · Sitting out: Player 7, Player 8, Player 9
One page, A4 or US Letter, free. It carries a small playmaker.click mark at the foot, which Pro removes. The share link carries the rotation after the # in the address, which browsers never send to a server, so the names reach the people you send it to and nobody else. Saving keeps it in a free account, and is the only time the names reach us.
How it works
- Enter your squadType your players' names, one per line, or just say how many players you have. The names stay in your browser.
- Choose your formatPick how many fielders you play and how many innings.
- Let the positions rotateEvery player moves round the diamond, gets time in the infield and never plays the outfield two innings running.
- Check the rotationEvery player's innings are within one of everyone else's, nobody sits out twice in a row when that is possible, and the page says plainly when a rule cannot be kept.
- Print it or share itDownload a one-page sheet for A4 or US Letter, or send a link to the team chat. No account needed.
Equal playing time without the Tuesday-night spreadsheet
Every youth coach knows the job. Thirteen children, seven places on the field, four quarters, and a touchline of parents who are counting. Plenty of leagues ask for roughly equal minutes, and the ones that do not still expect them. Doing it on the back of a team sheet takes twenty minutes and still leaves somebody sitting out twice in a row.
This rotation maker does it in a second. Type your players, or just say how many you have, choose your format, and the grid shows who is on and who sits for every period, each player's total minutes, and how far that is from an exact equal share. Change anything and the rotation is rebuilt straight away.
What the rotation promises
- Every player plays within one period of every other player. When the places do not split evenly, say 13 players for 7 places over 4 quarters, two players get one quarter more than the rest, and the page tells you which. Press Shuffle to give the extra quarter to somebody else next week.
- Nobody sits out twice in a row, whenever that is possible at all. When more players sit than play, say 15 players and 5 on court, somebody has to, and the page says so plainly rather than pretending.
- Your keeper, your choice. In soccer and field hockey, keep one goalkeeper in goal all game or share the job round the team. A fixed keeper plays every period, and the page says that too.
Positions that rotate
For netball, every player wears a different bib each quarter they play, GS to GK, and moves across attack, the centre court and defence over the match. Each bib keeps to the thirds the rules allow it, the same areas our netball drills are drawn to. For baseball, every player moves round the diamond: a different position each inning, time in the infield, and never two innings running in the outfield.
Every sport, with its own formats
Each sport has a page with the formats its coaches use already set: youth soccer from 5v5 to 11v11, basketball by quarters or shorter shifts, field hockey 7-a-side and 11-a-side, rugby from under-8s to 15-a-side and sevens, flag football 5v5 and 7v7, netball by quarters, volleyball by sets and baseball with nine or ten fielders. Every number can be changed to match your league. For who stands in which zone and where they receive serve, the volleyball rotation maker draws all six rotations of a 5-1, 6-2 or 4-2.
Print it, share it, keep it
Download the sheet for a one-page table on A4 or US Letter: players down the side, periods across the top, the position or On in each box, a shaded box for a period on the bench, with every player's total. It is free, with a small Playmaker mark at the foot that Pro removes.
Share the link to put the rotation in the team chat. The rotation travels in the part of the link after the #, which browsers never send to a server, so the names go to the people you send it to and nowhere else.
Save this rotation to keep it in your free account and open it again next week. Saving is the only time the names reach us, and you can delete a saved rotation whenever you like. While you are planning the week, the practice plan maker builds a timed session from proven drills, and the play designer draws the plays.
Fair playing time: common questions
Do the names I type get sent anywhere?
No. The rotation is worked out in your browser, and nothing you type is sent to us unless you press Save this rotation with an account. A share link carries the rotation after the # in the link, a part browsers never send to a server, and the page clears it from the address bar once it has read it.
How does it make playing time fair?
It hands out the places one period at a time, carrying on round the squad from where the last period stopped. That gives every player the same number of periods, give or take one, and it brings the whole bench on in the next period whenever there are at least as many places as players sitting out.
What if the minutes cannot be split evenly?
Then some players play one period more than others, never more than one, and the page says how many and who. Press Shuffle to change who gets the extra period, so it is somebody different next week.
Can I keep the same goalkeeper all game?
Yes. In soccer and field hockey choose a fixed keeper and pick who it is. They play every period in goal, so they play more than anyone else, and the page says so. Everybody else shares the outfield evenly.
Does it rotate positions as well as minutes?
For netball and baseball, yes. Netball players wear a different bib each quarter across attack, centre court and defence, keeping to each position's thirds. Baseball players play a different position each inning, get time in the infield and never play two innings running in the outfield.
Is the printed sheet free?
Yes. The rotation and the sheet are free and you can print as often as you like. The sheet has a small Playmaker mark at the foot, which a Pro account removes.
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