2023 Calgary Summer Open

2023 Calgary Summer Open - Calgary, Alberta

PBR Alberta is back.

On Wednesday, July 15, we're excited to touch down at beautiful Webber Academy for the Calgary Summer Open. This event is geared towards all players in the 2023, 2024, 2025 2026, 2027 and 2028 Graduating Classes.

While we're on the ground covering games throughout the Summer, this event serves as an identifier for selections to the Future Games in Georgia, Best of the West in BC, West Coast Games in Vegas, the Northeast Senior Games in New York, the New York State Games and more.

So whether you're trying to boost your numbers, get noticed by schools, or get some swings and pitches in on Trackman, this event is for you. There's also a chance this is the first time our staff identifies you, so we can watch you play again to provide more opportunity within the PBR ecosystem.

PBR Canada's goal is to ensure every player has an amazing experience at our events. Whether this is your first time, or you're a returning player, we want to create a relaxed environment where players can perform at their best. Our staff will walk players through how to carry themselves at a showcase to maximize their opportunity and make the most of their experience.

While this is a great way to get on the map, start building a digital footprint and begin your college recruiting path, it's also a great way to gauge where your talent is relative to your peers.

Itinerary

When:
July 12, 2023

Who:
2023-2028 Grads

Where:
Webber Academy Athletic Park
32070 Lower Springbank Rd, Calgary, AB T3Z 2M7

Check-In:
TBD

SCHEDULE
TBD

What is PBR?

My name is George Halim - I'm the Director of PBR Canada. If you're unfamiliar with what we do, hopefully this provides some clarity.

We're the platform that populates your player's PBR profile whenever they choose to update it, and we have the opportunity to invite your kids to some really cool events in Georgia, Vegas, Florida and more. I'll use 2025 Barrie Baycat Ty McGuirk (Ontario) as an example.

Ty attended Barrie Scout Day in 2021 where we first saw him play. He came back to the Future Games Frenzy in June last summer, and received an invite to represent Canada at the Junior Future Games in Georgia that August, the best underclass event in two countries. He was one out away from throwing a no-hitter down there, and he's now recognized as one of the top prospects in Canada in his graduating (Grad) class. Sure, he may have attended an event later on, but we saw him early at Barrie Scout Day, and now we know who he is for the rest of his career. We recognized him early enough to afford him the opportunity to get to Georgia. Type his name into Twitter and it'll make sense.

How did that happen? Players attend our showcase events and their photos, numbers, stats, videos, metrics and reports are uploaded into the player's individual profile. Hundreds of college and professional scouts have access to that profile. From there, the players have the opportunity to be ranked provincially and nationally while also potentially receiving invites to other events across Canada and the U.S. (such as the Future Games) for the rest of their high school career.

With our PBR staff in attendance, we use social media (Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook) better than anyone to essentially make them famous. I use that terminology deliberately because the more people know who the players are, the larger their digital footprint becomes. The more we see the players (in-season and at events) the better educated we are when creating our rankings system.

Now they have a personal highlight reel online, and a PBR Profile that houses everything where colleges can click on to get the full picture, if they have interest. That's why our staff risks it all for the best angles.

I recommend that players attend events just enough to keep their profiles current.

That number is relative to the player and how he grows/develops, while he opens himself up to further opportunities.

Scouting, Technology and Data Analysis In One Event

Since 2005, Prep Baseball Report’s mission has been to provide the most credible scouting and event platform to help players and recruiters alike. As baseball has evolved, so have we.

Prep Baseball Report has partnered with global leaders in the baseball technology and analysis space to deliver an unparalleled in-event and post-event experience. At events across the country, players will receive actionable data from their event performance,  captured by industry-leading technologies, so they can elevate their game and get to the next level. Following the event players will access to their data from the following partners:

• TrackMan
• Swift

Players will also receive:

• Edited Video of Performance Hosted in Player Profile
• Verified Statistics
• Post-Event Content

Our Partners

TRACKMAN:
TrackMan is the global leader in ball-tracking accuracy. Following a Prep Baseball Report event, all players will get unrivalled access to their performance data in the Trackman interactive app. Players can create custom dashboards that unlock both hitting and pitching data.

Pitching Features Include:

• Pitching data access includes: release speed, spin rate, spin axis, release height, extension, horizontal and vertical break, and location on each pitch 

• See each pitch trajectory in 3D from multiple viewpoints

• Create defined tags to label and compare pitches

• Pin pitches together to create tunneling visualizations between different pitch types

• Visualize each pitch location

Hitting Features Include:

• Hitting data access includes: Exit speed, distance traveled, launch angle, launch direction, spin rate, contact depth and contact side/height for each swing.

• Visualize plate coverage

• Pairing of all data points on each swing

Key ball flight metrics will also live inside player profiles at PrepBaseballReport.com for the benefit of college coaches and recruiters, which will help prospects advance to the next level. TrackMan’s advanced data metrics will augment what players already receive from a PBR showcase, which includes an edited video of their performance, personalized scouting reports, verified statistics, run times and positional velocities.

SWIFT TECHNOLOGY:
Colleges and pro scouts are looking for the most complete athlete. In partnership with Swift Technology, players will receive laser-timed runs, capturing their 30, 40, and 60-yard split times. This allows PBR to once again be a trailblazer in technology and data collection from our events.

• 10-Yard Split
• 30-Yard Split
• 60-Yard Split
• Vertical Testing

Exposure

Since its inception in 2005, Prep Baseball Report has evolved into one of the country’s biggest and most respected independent scouting services, with a singular focus of providing comprehensive coverage in every state. More than 900 colleges and pro scouts subscribe to the Prep Baseball Report services.  We take great pride in providing the most thorough and comprehensive high school baseball coverage in each state.

Refund Policy

The Prep Baseball Report Canada refund policy is that of a transfer nature. Prep Baseball Report Canada will permit the transfer of your payment to another Prep Baseball Report event that may be used during the following year of scheduled events within Canada. Again, registration fees are of a transfer nature. *If an event is cancelled for any reason, players will be issued a full credit to a future event. *

COVID Policy

We will always follow the latest guidelines posted by the CDC and local governments with regards to our indoor and outdoor events.