Adelphi University Garden City, New York
Nike Softball Camps totally immerse you in the sport, giving you the kind of focused, intensive training essential for improvement - no matter what your ability level. Every facet of the game is covered - hitting, fielding, base running, team play and more. Our goals is that your performance as an overall player will improve, along with your self-confidence but it is up to each player to take what they have learned and apply it to gametime situations.
Directing the program is Head Softball Coach, Paige Smith. Paige Smith was named the seventh head coach in Adelphi softball history on July 2, 2007, and begins her fifth season in 2012.
Highlights Include
- 8:1 camper to instructor ratio
- Daily emphasis on fundamental development, team play and more
- Official NIKE Adelphi Softball Camp T-Shirt
- Great NIKE prizes
- NIKE Softball Camp Graduation Certificate
Adelphi University, located near Long Island's parks and beaches, the 75-acre campus is only 45 minutes from New York City, offering the combined advantages of a major metropolitan area and a safe, suburban campus environment. Campers train daily this summer at the brand new million dollar home field of the Panthers located on campus.
Camp Director
Paige Smith
In Smith's first season with the Panthers, the team set a new school record for wins (Division II) compiling 42 victories with just 21 losses. With that, they earned a trip to the NCAA Northeast Regional Tournament making it to the third round.
Smith has also coached at NJCAA Div. I powerhouse, North Idaho leading them to consecutive College World Series appearances and a National Runners-Up finish. She is a veteran clinician with years of camp experience in the Long Island area as well as on the West Coast. Coach Smith specializes in hitting instruction and defensive strategy. Smith has worked with players who currently play at the NCAA Div. I, II & III levels as well as professionally. Her camps are known for being high energy with an emphasis on individual skill-work.
Coach
Betsy White
Joining Paige on staff is Assistant Coach Betsy White. Betsy is entering her third season as an assistant coach for the Panther's softball team.
White served as the Head Softball Coach at Elba High School in Elba, Alabama in 2008. In 2005, White formed G-Force Competitive Fastpitch Training facility where she is a girls fast pitch instructor for athletes in Southern Alabama and Northwest Florida. White also holds an ASA Level-3 Coaching Certification, she is a certified pitching and hitting instructor through Worth Club K, and is a National Fastpitch Coaches Association member.
White attended Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida from 2000-2002. As a freshman, she was named to the Panhandle Conference All-Conference Team at second base, while being named All-Conference as a pitcher in her sophomore season. White was also named GCCC College Athlete of the Year as a sophomore as well. White was part of a Florida State Championship Team and National Runners-Up in 2001, while finishing second in the state and third in the National Tournament in 2002.
White then went on and received a scholarship to play at Division I Lipscomb University from 2002-2005. At Lipscomb, she was a member of the Student-Athlete Committee, and twice finished second on her team in home runs.
Coach
Rich Borawski
Rich Borawski enters his third season as an assistant coach with the softball program.
Borawski comes to Adelphi with coaching backgrounds at the Division I and High School levels in volleyball and softball. From 1993-1999 he served as the Head Softball Coach at Mary Louis Academy in Queens, New York where he compiled a 95-19 record and won a State Catholic High School Championship in 1998, while coaching two All-Americans. Also in 1998, he was named Newsday and Daily News High School Coach of the Year.
From 1999-2002 he was the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Long Island University (Brooklyn), and served the same position at St. Francis College from 2007-2008.
Borawski received his B.S. from the University of Arizona in Business Administration, and received his M.S. in Health Education from Hofstra University.
For the past eight years, Borawski has been a volleyball and fastpitch softball instructor, training high school and college players to improve their strength and performance.
US Sports Camps combines with Nike and USA/ASA Softball to offer the Nike Softball Camps sponsored by USA Softball.
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men's, Women's, Junior Boys' and Junior Girls' National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions.
Whichever program you do decide on, each Nike Softball Camp staff member is ready to work with you and provide the best possible softball experience while you train and strive to be a better softball player.
Day Camp Schedule
MORNING
8:45 Campers check in
9:00 Warm up and throwing drills
9:15 Station work
10:30 Break
10:45 Position work
11:15 Defensive plays
11:45 Lunch
AFTERNOON
12:30 Warm-up
12:45 Offensive work
1:45 Offensive strategies
2:15 Daily competition
3:00 Campers depart
Thanks for another great experience.
"The director and her staff were very positive and seemed to make all the girls love to play. This is our second time doing the camp and I would do it again. Thanks for another great experience and great memories."
Honest assessmentof my skills.
"I've been playing competitive travel softball for five years now yet I felt the coaches at this camp helped me improve my game in many ways. They showed me where I needed improvement and were very honest in their assessments of my skills. They recommended coaches to help me continue to improve after the camp - and I really appreciate that."
Day Camper
The NIKE Camp at Adelphi was Amazing!
"The NIKE camp at Adelphi was AMAZING! The camp far exceeded our expectations and I will recommend several of the conditioning drills to my Varsity coach so my High School team can benefit from them as well. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING EXPERIENCE!"