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Welcome to the Registration page for the PGF Elite Camp Scheduled for Fri. July 7th 2023. At this time the tentative time is scheduled from 4:00pm to 8:15pm. The location is the Fountain Valley Sports Park.
Please read the entire page prior to submitting registration, this includes reading the FAQ’s page.
The camp is fully NCAA compliant; players and parents should understand that this camp is a fast-paced advanced camp, the only restrictions for players to register is that the player must be female and have a high school graduation year of 2024, 2025, 2026, or 2027. If you have any questions regarding the camp pace or player restrictions, please email the camp director Mario Moreno at mario.moreno@pgf-mail.com MAKE SURE THAT YOU INCLUDE A PHONE NUMBER TO REACH YOU !
The Camp is associated with the Surf City Summer Showcase and camp times will have no conflict with Surf City Game times. If your team is participating in another tournament, please understand that we have no control of those game times as there could be a conflict.
This camp includes an entry to The New “PGF Certified Metrics” Make sure you read the details below. It is your responsibility to read and understand these Metrics details once you complete the camp registration. Your Metrics time can be as early as 1:00pm on the same day as the camp and at the same location as the camp.
PGF Certified Metrics Info…VERY IMPORTANT INFO REGARDING THE JULY 7th EVENT
Registrants to the July 7th camp will receive a welcome email with instruction on how to register for the Metrics with an individual coupon code for your free entry. This code is only valid for the July 7th event. The Metrics email will be sent within a week of the camp registration email.
You will have to option to not participate in the Metrics as the Metrics Measurements will occur at the same location as the camp but before the camp, after completing the registration you will receive a time for your Metrics to be completed, this will not conflict with the camp. The web site for PGF Metrix is www.pgfevents.com It is your responsibility to complete the Metrics registration after you complete the camp registration and then complete the Metrics Registration with the information that will be emailed to you.
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CAMP PARTICIPATION IN RELATION TO THE NEW NCAA RECRUITING RULE:
The new recruiting rules have no impact on camp participation, communication between players and college coaches during the camp. The players 2024 through 2027 still are on the field and can work directly with the college coaches.
Coaches can still evaluate, receive future emails with game times, go to games and put the younger players on "Their Radar" Our camps at PGF allow players a great opportunity to stay within the rules and develop direct relationships with the coaches on the field during the camp.
WHAT COACHES ARE SAYING ABOUT PGF ELITE CAMPS: "I make a point to participate in PGF camps as they are very organized, have a great player to coach ratio, allow me to develop that face to face relationship and it gives me a great opportunity to evaluate players of all ages in attendance so I can continue to follow their progress...parents have told me after the camps that they were impressed with their daughters opportunity at the camp, PGF camps allow me to stay within NCAA compliance and still work directly with players at the younger age" - Current PAC 12 Coach
"I make my schedule around PGF camps, it allows me to work directly with players on the field, evaluate, establish a relationship and then attend their games that same weekend, PGF Camps are as well run as any camps I have attended" - Current Big 10 Coach
Any questions or inquiries can be directed to PGF Camp Director Mario Moreno at mario.moreno@pgf-mail.com
PGF Softball Camps are open to any and all participants restricted only by gender, age, and number of campers.
Most Frequently Asked Questions
Unfortunately, no. We understand that many players exist that may be able to participate and compete but to be fair we stick to this rule and to remain in compliance with the rules we have established in observance of the NCAA. On this same note, this is an advance camp and we can not deny any player within the age group to participate, we strongly suggest that parents of players new to game contact the camp director to make sure they understand the pace of this camp.
We do not as this is also part of the compliance rules that exist. Each player is offered a camp t-shirt but no special discounts or camp scholarships exist. It is a violation for college coaches to participate in camps that offer scholarships that cover free or discounted entry.
Unfortunately, not. As you can imagine we would receive many requests for specific coaches and it is far too difficult to honor those requests. She still may be assigned to that coach as she will be able to work directly with 8 different coaches that are attending the camp.
We are unable to speak about the quality or validity of other camps but we all know that your options are many, we also know that the quality of many camps are in question. At PGF, we have a great reputation and relationship with college coaches at every level and across the country. Coaches commit to participate in our camps based on our structure, organization and history of players participating.
Our camps are run by college coaches only, you will not see drills or instruction by anyone but a college coach. Our camp director Mario Moreno, is involved directly in College Softball as the Director of Softball Operations at the University of the Pacific, his relationship with the coaching community and camps is brought to PGF to facilitate a quality event.
Absolutely, these are “Non-institutional” which allows “one on one” or group conversations during and after the camp, even parents can speak with coaches but we do ask that parents do not speak with the coaches during the camp time as not to disrupt the flow and time structure of the camp.
This camp is referred to as a “non-institutional camp”. These coaches can work the camps, talk directly to the players but as far as D1 coaches, they can not speak to them specifically about “that players recruitment” situation in relation to their school. These coaches are still following these players, can work with them, watch their games but just not have recruiting conversations.
Our camp is set as an advanced player camp as listed here.
1st hour… Defensive work and drills
2nd hour…Live hitting
3rd hour…Live games
4th hour…Lave games with a new set of coaches, we have a 15 minute break to allow for coaches to switch fields, intro’s and then play live games for the remaining hour.
Even though we anticipate a large number of players to register for our camps, we never put more than 30 players per field. Each field is run independently of the other. So for example, if we have 150 players registered, we are running at least 5 individual camps on 5 different fields. We supply all of our fields with quality equipment (Balls, Nets, T’s etc) to run a quality event. Each field has 4 college coaches, a D1 player (helper) and after the 3rd hour, the staff moves to another field to work with a new group, this give the players an opportunity to meet and work directly with 8 different coaches from 8 different schools.
Many of our coaches integrate pitching and catching during the defensive or offensive sessions, should they not do this, we have two hours of live games where the pitchers throw live and catchers catch live games.
As stated, we run our events in conjunction with Surf City Tourneys and PGF Nationals only. Game times for those events will not conflict with the camps time. We have no control of other events, that would be between you and your coach to decide if you can attend the camp should there be a conflict. Please refer to the cancelation policy should you need to cancel due to a conflict.
Yes, feel free to email our camp director Mario Moreno at mario.moreno@pgf-mail.com Please list your question and a phone number for him to reach you to discuss your question if he is unable to cover the answer via email. Please do not email or call PGF employees or directors regarding the camp, they will only direct you to our camp director.