Youth baseball and softball

The dugout board, gone digital.

The magnetic board only shows this inning. Next Inning shows the whole game, keeps playing time fair, and remembers every game you coach.

Phone and tablet
Works with no signal
Free to start

The Next Inning dugout on an iPad: the scoreboard, the batting order and every fielder on the diamond — The dugout, inning 4. Flip Day game and Night game above to see it both ways.

A tablet running Next Inning clipped to a chain-link dugout fence at a youth baseball field

Clip it to the fence. Run the game from there.

Hang a tablet on the dugout fence where the whole bench can read it. Names are big, positions are bold colors, and the current inning is impossible to miss, even in full sun.

Next Inning Home on an iPad with today's game coming up

In your pocket, on the fence, off the grid

Built for the field, not the office.

The whole game on your phone

Coaching third base? Run subs, the batting order and the next inning from the phone in your pocket. Nothing is tablet-only.
No signal? No problem

Every tap saves on your device first. Plan at home, run the game at a field with no bars, and it syncs when you are back online.
Phone and tablet stay in step

The tablet stays on the fence while you roam with your phone, and your assistant coaches see the same game on theirs.

Keeping devices in sync needs a cell or Wi-Fi connection. Without one, each device keeps working on its own and catches up when it is back online.

1 · Game day starts on Home

Your next game, ready when you are.

Home counts down to first pitch, shows who is on the roster, and opens the dugout in one tap. Each game gets its own setup page: the fielding plan, the lineup card, who showed up, and pitch counts, in the order you need them.

Home on an iPad: the next game against Riverside Reds, first pitch in 1 hour, with the roster and the coming games — Home on a tablet: first pitch in an hour.

The game setup page: fielding plan, lineup card, game-day roster and pitching for today's game — Game setup: plan it, print it, mark who is here.

2 · Before first pitch

Plan every inning.

Positions inning by inning on one grid, with warnings while you plan: back-to-back bench turns, a catcher who then pitches, too few infield innings.

Suggest a lineup, then adjust it
Copy last game's order and plan into the next one
Any format: everyone bats, or a fixed nine with real subs

The fielding plan on an iPad: a grid of positions by inning with the batting order beside it

Pitch counts on an iPad: each pitcher's count and rest status for the next game

3 · On the mound

Pitch counts and rest, checked.

Log pitch counts as you go. Before the game, Next Inning tells you who still owes rest days, so nobody takes the mound before they should.

4 · After the game, all season

Every inning. Every kid. Every position.

One bar per player, one color per position, the bench in stripes. See at a glance who has been stuck in right field and who has not caught yet, with a fairness score in plain words: Good, Watch or Needs time. The parent report is free, always.

Season stats, Playing time: a colored bar per player showing innings at each position and on the bench, with a fairness score — Season stats, Playing time: 13 players, 6 games.

The fairness screen: every player's season score with Good, Watch or Needs time — Fairness, ready to share as a PDF.

Season stats heat map: innings played at each position — The heat map: innings at each position.

A printed Next Inning lineup card: batting order with positions for every inning

5 · At the plate meeting

Print a real lineup card.

Batting order and positions by inning, laid out like the card the umpire expects. Print it from the game setup page, and keep a paper backup in your bag.

Or grab the free blank card

Everything the dugout actually needs.

Tap or drag to sub

Tap a position to pick who plays it, or hold a player and drag them onto another. No erasing.

Mark who showed up

Tap a jersey on Home to mark a player out for this game or the rest of the day.

Softball rules too

DP and Flex, EP and re-entry, handled in the lineup.

First-pitch weather

The forecast for each field, so you know what you are walking into.

Share with your staff

Assistant coaches see and edit the same team from their own phones.

Team chat

Message your coaching staff per game or per team, right in the app.

Coaching guides

How to build a fair youth baseball lineup Youth baseball positions, explained Setting a youth batting order Softball DP, Flex and re-entry rules

Free printables

Blank lineup card, 5 to 9 innings Position rotation chart Why it beats the magnetic dugout board

Questions coaches ask

Does it work without signal?

Yes. Everything you do at the field saves on the device first, so a field with no bars is fine. It syncs to your other devices and your coaches when you are back online.

Phone or tablet?

Either, or both. A tablet on the fence is the easiest for the whole bench to read, and the phone does everything the tablet does.

Is it a scorekeeping app?

No. It is a planning and dugout tool: fair lineups, fielding plans and playing time, not live scoring or streaming.

Is it free?

Free while we are in early access. Coaches who join on or before December 31, 2026 keep full access free through the whole of 2027.

What ages and formats does it support?

From tee-ball where everyone bats through travel and high-school teams that run a fixed nine with substitutions, plus softball's DP, Flex and EP.

What is Next Inning?

A native iPhone, iPad and Android app that helps youth baseball and softball coaches plan fair lineups, set fielding positions inning by inning, run the game from the dugout and track playing time all season.