What's New for DREAM Team Softball in 2025?
1) DREAM Team is all about Player Development, we are taking Development to a whole new level with our Player Progress Cards (and Parent Reports)! We have rolled this out in the Fall, but it's only getting better; our goal is to send automated email reports to parents that show the progress the player is making on the field but also in the cages & during skills assessments (Events & Combines)! Development at this age should not be measured solely by what is outcome-based, it's based on the work they put in on Rapsodo, Pocket Radar, and other Skills Assessments hosted by DREAM! The overall goal is to give parents reporting on how their player has progressed in all areas of development!
2) DREAM Team provides Teams and Training! Both our Teams and our Training initiatives (softball exercises) will be expanded in 2025. "There's no TEAM without TRAINING" and we added Training Track as a complimentary option for each DREAM Team player.
The Training App will open new doors for each player to take their overall fitness & athleticism to another level! Whether they're 8U or 14U, there will be exercises loaded into the app for them to do at home & help them watch videos at home to help them train not only their softball muscles but also their mental muscle/IQ.
Plus, we will send special invites to our players to introduce them to Player Training Academy sessions!
New to DREAM Team in the Spring, Our Rapsodo Hitting software will help our hitters gain swing insights, help them recognize what they can do better, and we'll use the Rapsodo Hitting software to motivate them to beat their high score.
What's New for DREAM Team Softball in 2025?
2) There's a huge value to our instructional value (see Spring Pricing and what's included; our organization DREAM Team believes in practice to improve player skills! Additionally, we are adding Workshops to sharpen skills):
One thing about DREAM Team cannot be denied, our players work and train hard because we believe that practice is where development happens.
In Spring 2024, DREAM Team practiced at least 2 times per week as a team plus our dedicated staff of coaches held:
- 2 Baseball Skills Combines
- 4 Baseball Instructional Workshops
- 7 Baseball Camps
- 2 Softball Camps
- 10 Training Track Workshops
- Summer and Winter Level Up Training
- A total of up to 86 dedicated, pre-planned practices over the course of 6 months that included many Rapsodo sessions.
What's New for DREAM Team Softball in 2025?
3) DREAM Team is adding to Staff Coaches in the Fall to help facilitate our Training Track and Skills Assessments and will utilize Rapsodo Technology!
Rapsodo Pitching Report 🔥
Rapsodo Hitting Report ⚾
What's New for DREAM Team Softball in 2025?
4) DREAM Team Sports Center is going to keep building new Player Development stations.
We now have a Mental Muscle room that can be used for players watching films and learning & this Fall more than ever our staff used this so that players can come in and learn from instructor-led film study, focus on pre-practice warmup routines, test their Softball IQ, chart their Sports Performance progress, check out the Big Board for this week's Challenge, check out videos in the Mental Muscle Room, & more! We'll also be utilizing Rapsodo, Pocket Radar, Driveline, and other best-in-class tech to help us drive innovative instruction & learning!
We want our players to want to come to the facility & be excited about their own development; the best motivator to a young player is when they prove "they can do it" to themselves.
What's New for DREAM Team Softball in 2025?
5) Charted Pitcher/Catcher Bullpens for Kid Pitch teams.
In the Spring, our DREAM Team pitchers and catchers have had individualized work built into their Team Practice, but we want to build in more time for specialized bullpen work so that pitchers and catchers can work together more in practice PRIOR to when they're in the game. Catchers can work on their technique and pre-pitch signs just like Pitchers who will work on their bullpen progressions so they can feel confident going into their next game or tournament.
Plus, we will work with pitchers and catchers outside of team practice so that we can have a laser focus on our bullpen sessions. We want to help each pitcher to identify their pitch types, be able to repeat their delivery successfully, be able to gauge the change in pitch speeds, and throw strikes in a pitch sequence called by the catcher (overseen by the coach). Our goal is to have a roving pitching instructor on staff with DREAM Team to help keep track of balls and strikes (incentivizing pitch command; glove side and arm side) during bullpens.
Additionally, pitch counts for pitchers and even catcher throwbacks will be kept in game. DREAM Team does pitch count our pitchers to ensure that they don't throw too many pitches as player safety is our biggest concern. During the era of youth travel softball, some organizations do not have guidelines for pitch counts which is dangerous for young pitchers; conversely, DREAM Team takes arm care very seriously and will continue to keep a count on pitches thrown and workload.
What's New for DREAM Team Softball in 2025?
6) New uniform designs!! 🔥
For those that register for the year long season, we will be unveiling a full custom uniform that includes a custom jersey and pants! Check out the initial designs, we're excited to have a fresh new look in 2025!!