The Dugout is a youth-sports team management platform for coaches, players, families, and tournament directors. Team tools include rosters, schedules, messaging, announcements, polls, RSVPs, attendance, and team finance tracking. Coaches can score pitch by pitch, follow live box scores and statistics, and monitor pitch limits with rest-day calculations and warnings. Player development resources include practice plans, drills, scouting, pitching tools, recruiting profiles, and highlight reels. Teams can import rosters and statistics from GameChanger, TeamSnap, or CSV files and collect payments through Stripe. Payments collected in the app incur a 2.5% platform fee at checkout, in addition to Stripe processing fees. Tournament Director includes registration, brackets, live results, umpire assignments, multi-field scheduling, and conflict detection. Listed sports include baseball, softball, soccer, basketball, football, volleyball, lacrosse, and hockey. The service is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Fan, parent, and player plans are free; coach access is listed at 5.99 USD per month after a free trial, while its homepage also describes coach access as free forever.
Who it is for
The Dugout suits youth sports teams seeking shared roster, scheduling, communication, and scoring tools. Tournament directors for youth baseball and softball can use its registration, brackets, live results, and scheduling features.
What is good
- Available on Android, iOS, and web
- Imports rosters and stats from three listed sources
- Tracks pitch limits with rest-day calculations and warnings
- Tournament tools include conflict detection
- Free plans for fans, parents, and players
What to know first
- 2.5% platform fee plus Stripe processing fees
- Coach pricing listings conflict between free forever and 5.99 USD per month
- Tournament Director Monthly limits events to 128 teams
Verdict
The Dugout combines team coordination, game scoring, player development, and tournament operations for youth sports. Review the payment fee and clarify coach access terms before choosing a plan.
Get started with The Dugout
- Open https://app-thedugout.com/.
- Choose the relevant free Fan, Parent, or Player plan, or review coach and Tournament Director plans.
- Use the web platform or access The Dugout on Android or iOS.
- Teams can import rosters and statistics from GameChanger, TeamSnap, or CSV.
What the free plan stops at
Fan, Parent, and Player plans are free forever. Coach access is listed as free forever on the homepage and also at 5.99 USD per month after a free trial; the monthly Tournament Director plan allows up to 128 teams per event and adds a 2.5% platform fee on entry fees.
Questions about The Dugout
Is The Dugout free?
Fan, Parent, and Player plans are listed at no cost, billed free forever, with no credit card required. Coach access is listed as free forever on the homepage and also at 5.99 USD per month after a free trial.
What platforms does The Dugout support?
It is available on Android, iOS, and the web.
What does Tournament Director include?
Features include registration, brackets, live results, umpire assignment, multi-field scheduling, and conflict detection.
What payment fees apply?
Payments collected through the app incur a 2.5% platform fee at checkout on top of Stripe processing fees.
Can teams import existing rosters?
The Dugout says teams can import rosters and stats from GameChanger, TeamSnap, or CSV.
The Dugout plans and pricing
All plansCompared on sports team management software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Mobile apps
- Yes
- Roster management
- Yes
- Availability tracking
- Yes
- Team messaging
- Yes
- Event scheduling
- Yes
- Payment collection
- Yes
- Scorekeeping
- Yes
