Open Dugout
Find Teams. Play More.
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Open Dugout is the youth softball community app built for coaches, players, and families who are serious about finding the right fit — not just any team or roster spot.
FOR COACHES
Managing a competitive softball program means more than running practice. It means filling your roster before the season starts, finding a reliable pitcher for next weekend's tournament, and getting your tryouts visible to the right players.
Post tryouts, clinics, camps, and tournaments with age group, location, and event details — and reach players who are actively looking. When you need a guest player fast, browse available athletes in your area and connect directly. Build and manage your roster inside the app, and message players and families without sharing your personal number.
FOR PLAYERS AND FAMILIES
Finding a competitive team — or the right guest play opportunity — shouldn't require posting in five Facebook groups and waiting to see who replies.
Browse tryouts and events near you, filtered by age group and location. Express interest so coaches know you're coming. Complete your player profile and let coaches find you when a guest slot opens up. Message directly through the app — no personal contact info shared.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Post and discover tryouts, tournaments, clinics, and camps
Request or offer guest play opportunities
Send direct connection requests between coaches and players
Message through the app — no phone numbers required
Manage your team roster with role-based tools
Browse the trainer directory to find private instruction
Find training facilities and organizations near you
HOW IT WORKS
Sign up as a coach or as a player/parent. Coaches get a full dashboard to manage events, browse available guest players, and handle roster connections. Players and parents get a feed of upcoming events and a discoverable profile that coaches can find.
Everything is built around one goal: connecting the right player to the right team, at the right time.
Open Dugout is free to download.
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For coaches:
New tryout tools — create a tryout, share a registration link with families, and evaluate players live. Everyone who registers is saved to your prospect bank for later review.
Team pages redesigned — schedule, roster, and events all live on one team screen, with role-based roster tags (Head Coach, Assistant, Pitching Coach, Player, Parent).
Real-time team chat, plus cross-team messaging and announcements separate from the day-to-day chat.
RSVP and attendance tracking for team events, with automatic reminders for anyone who hasn't responded.
Recurring events, RSVP deadlines, and a unified "My Events" view across every team you coach.
Team and coach affiliation history — your coaching record builds automatically as you create teams and post events.
CSV roster import for adding a full team roster at once.
Organization pages for programs running multiple teams.
For players and parents:
Player profiles redesigned with dedicated sections for positions, scouting stats, pitch types, and availability.
Parents can now link and manage a child's athlete profile directly, invite a co-guardian to share access, or request access to an existing profile instead of creating a duplicate.
Team schedule, RSVP, and chat now available from the player/parent side too.
For everyone:
Guest player search now covers all 50 states.
Notifications for connection requests and messages are more reliable, including for families managing a linked athlete profile.
The app is now available on the web, with the same core features as mobile.
Assorted bug fixes, including a stuck loading screen on the team attendance view.
The developer, Robert Martin, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Robert Martin
- Size
- 51.1 MB
- Category
- Sports
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Open Dugout LLC
