silverstreak wrote:Also, I don't know how many of the scouts were focused on the 14U at PGF, or if they were really looking at older divisions (including younger girls playing up).
Harvard Park hosted only 14U games. There was a large number of coaches there for both pool (if you want to call them that) and the bracket games. There were a few games in particular (games featuring Lady Lasers, CA Lockman, and a few of the OCBB teams) where the number of coaches was very impressive. Because the fields were in such close proximity to each other, it was easy for coaches to see many teams and we frequently saw them walking from field to field. The upside for the girls was that many who were unknowns were suddenly on someone's radar.
I have to agree with the importance of doing the prep work with coaches first though. My kid told me after one scrimmage that was held on a rather obscure field, that the head coach from Nebraska watched several innings of her game from the 3rd base line as she was scouting the other team's SS.
IMO PGF made it real easy for a coach to see whatever teams and kids they wanted from 14u to 18u in the course of a week without having to travel more than 10-20 miles in a day. If one cant see how that is an idiot proof formula for exposure, then there is not much else to say.