Team didn't like our uniforms-so we went with different ones we had in the fieldhouse.I missed a players NEW number.Had it double checked before we started but it seems I had wrote down 2 #6's,illegal substitution,head coach sent to the dugout,Oops.I was sent to the dugout as head coach.My bad,gotta follow the rules.
Maybe it worked out okay, but it doesn't sound like you should have been restricted to the dugout.
Putting the wrong number on a line-up is NOT an illegal substitution. An illegal substitution is when a player is entered into a spot in the batting order she is not entitled to, or a player who has no re-entry rights is entered into the game, or when an incorrect courtesy runner is used.
There is a new rule for high school softball this year that penalizes a coach for filling out an incorrect line-up card. On the first offense, a team warning is issued. It takes a second offense to have the coach restricted to the dugout.
On the first offense, if the wrong number is on the line-up, there is no penalty other than to correct the number and play on. If a second error turns up later in the game, after a team warning has been issued, then the coach is restricted.
This is a new rule and was heavily emphasized to officials before the season started (and to coaches and administrators who attended the mandatory state meeting). As often is the case, new rules are sometimes misinterpreted or overzealously enforced. If the situation with your player having the wrong number was the first, and only, issue with the line-up card, you never should have been restricted to the dugout!