Here is my youngest plan (also a 2025) for the spring. He played 2024 (15U) and 2023 (16U) tournaments all fall, so he had the opportunity to see what he needed to do to progress for HS tournaments this summer. We are part of a large org that merges city teams to the half-state/State level for summer tournaments in May when the HS players are done with their seasons. HS age groups have already had their tryouts but 14u going into their first Summer have their tryouts in May.
Son's first priority will be hitting the weights, eating and running; basically working on getting bigger, stronger, faster before the tryouts in May. He will also be practicing and playing tournaments with the 14U team. Keeping in mind that the 14U team stuff is preparing him for the summer. Focusing on fundamentals, hitting, being a team player and IQ.
He is a catcher so he is also getting in as may bullpens as he can with older pitchers. Only way to get used to higher Velo is to catch it. He has been catching the pitchers from the local HSs and from the Org the past couple months as they were getting ready for HS ball and one for college. We posted on Social Media an offer to catch pens in the area, and got a lot of responses.