Youth Summer Softball Camps in Fort Collins, CO

Registration is OPEN for our 2012 Softball Summer Camps!

• Beginner Softball Camp: July 16 - 20
  
• Returning Recreational Softball Camp: July 16 - 20
• Fastpitch Travel Team Pre-Tryout Camp: July 30 - August 3
  
• The Indoor Softball Facility at The Edge
  

Camp		2012 Girls Beginning Softball Camp
Gender	Boys & Girls
Ages	Gr K - 6
Dates	July 16 - 20 (5 days)
Days	Monday - Friday
Times	8:30 - 9:45 m(1 1/4 hours per day)
Description	This camp is a great way to get your child started in softball. No previous experience is necessary.  This camp is targeted to players who have very little, if any, experience playing baseball. All basic offensive and defensive skills will be taught, including throwing, catching fielding (grounders & fly balls), hitting, basic base running skills, and position play. Players will be divided by skill and age for the camp as much as possible during the camp. Number of separate groups depends on the number of players that register.
Instructors	This program will be led by Coach Walker Damge. Coach Damge has played competitive baseball and competitive men’s softball for a combined 20 years. In 2011, he will be the head coach of a FC Stars Travel Softball Team. Last Summer, Coach Damge was the head coach for a Modified B/C Softball team with the Fort Collins STARS. Prior to this, he coached softball for the City of Fort Collins Summer Softball Leagues. This has including coaching elementary, junior high school and early high school teams. In 2009, he also was the lead instructor for the softball coaches’ training sessions run by the City of Fort Collins.
Equipment	Players need to bring their own softball glove All campers should bring a water bottle containing PLAIN WATER. Please write your camper's name on the container.
Cost	$55/player

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Camp		2012 Girls Recreational Softball Camp for Returning Players
Gender	Girls
Ages	Gr 2 - 8
Dates	July 16 - 20 (5 days)
Days	Monday - Friday
Times	10 - 11:45 am each day (1 and 3/4 hours)
Description	This camp is targeted to players who have already played at least one season of softball at the Recreational Level. "All Skills" topics covered include fielding (grounders & fly balls), hitting mechanics, basic base running skills, team defense & pitching/catching techniques (for those interested). Players will be divided by skill and age for the camp as much as possible during the camp. Number of separate groups depends on the number of players that register.
Instructors	This program will be led by Coach Walker Damge. Coach Damge has played competitive baseball and competitive men’s softball for a combined 20 years. In 2011, he will be the head coach of a FC Stars Travel Softball Team. Last Summer, Coach Damge was the head coach for a Modified B/C Softball team with the Fort Collins STARS. Prior to this, he coached softball for the City of Fort Collins Summer Softball Leagues. This has including coaching elementary, junior high school and early high school teams. In 2009, he also was the lead instructor for the softball coaches’ training sessions run by the City of Fort Collins.
Equipment	Players need to bring their own softball glove All campers should bring a water bottle containing PLAIN WATER. Please write your camper's name on the container.
Cost	$65/player

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Clinic		2012 Travel Team Pre-Tryout Camp
Ages	9 - 14
Dates	July 30 - August 3
Days	Monday - Friday
Times	4 - 6 pm
Description	This camp is targeted for players who wish to 'tune up' their skills prior to trying out for a Travel/Competitive Fastpitch Softball Team. Topics covered include hitting, bunting, baserunning, throwing, fielding (ground balls and fly balls), infield play and pitcher/catcher skills (for those interested). Video analysis of hitting is included in the camp. Instructors will also discuss the tryout process and make suggestions on how to have a good tryout experience.
Instructors	This program will be co-led by Coaches Tonya Hadley (Coach 'T') and Walker Damge. Coach 'T' was most recently the Assistant Coach of the CSU DI Women's Softball Team. She has over 12 years of experience coaching at the DI and DII Levels in Collegiate Softball. She was a standout player in college at Cal State Hayward. Coach Damge has played competitive baseball and competitive men’s softball for a combined 20 years. He is currently a head coach of a FC Stars Travel Softball Team. Last Summer, Coach Damge was the head coach for a Modified B/C Softball team with the Fort Collins STARS. Prior to this, he coached softball for the City of Fort Collins Summer Softball Leagues. This has included coaching elementary, junior high school and early high school teams. The head coaches will be assisted by knowledgeable local baseball coaches so that the ratio of players to instructors remains less than 10 to 1.
Equipment	Players must bring their own glove. If they also have a bat or helmet, they are welcome to bring those
Cost	$85

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A Full-size Indoor Diamond is the centerpiece of The Edge when it is configured for baseball and softball. A floor-to-ceiling, heavy duty vinyl divider curtain creates a 120' x 122' -area for the full-size diamond. Standard bases, available on site, are anchored into sleeves at whatever distance is needed for the team using the field, from 50' to 90'. There is plenty of room to 'play behind the base' no matter what base length is used. A standard pitcher's plate, also anchored into a sleeve, is set at the required distance.

The foul lines and batter's boxes/catcher area are permanently inlaid in the turf. Dugouts with benches and bat racks are provided along the first and third baselines. Seating for spectators is provided behind chain link in 'center field.'

On the other side of the divider curtain, three 51' drop-down tunnels, fully netted, are available for live-hitting or throwing. Four additional 75' throwing lanes are also available as a bull pen area or for 'long toss. Each lane can be setup with a portable pitching platform if desired. In a separate area next to the field, there are 4 permanent batting cages equipped with brand new pitching machines. Altogether, a total of 11 individual practice areas are available for hitting or throwing in addition to the full-sized infield.

Coach Turtle Thomas, Pitching Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Arizona State University, a perennial NCAA baseball power, has given several sessions of hitting clinics at The Edge over the past four years. His comment on the facility is: "Of all the indoor baseball facilities I've used for my clinic, this is the best in the country!" [Next session by Coach Thomas: Thanksgiving Weekend, 2010]

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