Camp FAQ's | Plano Sports Authority

Q: Where do I find PSA camp availability and pricing?

All of the available sports camps are listed in your MySAM account under "Classes, Camps and Clinics"

Q: How do I register online?

Go to www.psaplano.org and click “MySam login”

Q: Who can sign up for camp? Do I have to be a Plano resident?

FlexiPass is for ages 5 1/2 to 12 1/2 years of age.
We have sports camps for ages 6 to 124
Our customers DO NOT have to be Plano residents

Q: Can I register over the phone or in person for camp?

Call our front desk directly, (972) 208-5437 or
Come by our PSA1 location at 6500 Preston Meadow Drive, Plano, 75024
Create your My SAM account at www.psaplano.org

Q: How do I cancel or change a registration for a camp?

Only our front desk can assist you with changes and cancellations.
Cancellations two weeks or more prior to the camp start date there will be a 75% credit to the customers MySAM account.
Within two weeks of the camp start date there are NO REFUNDS - no exceptions.
There are NO REFUNDS for Flexi Pass - no exceptions.

Q: How does FlexiPass work?

FlexiPass is a full day, indoor summer camp revolving around sports activities and games.
Standard camp hours are 9:00-4:00pm; extended hours are available from 7:30-6:00pm (for a addtional fee)
Families may purchase weekly passes.

Q: What is the difference between the FlexiPass at PSA1 and the Sports Fun Camp at PSA2?

FlexiPass is only at PSA1, PSA McKinney, and PSA Murphy.
Camps held at PSA2 do not have the option for extended care.
PSA2 is located at: 601 Seabrook, Plano, TX.

Q: Does PSA hold checks?

Q: Can we a bring a friend to camp?

Certainly. We love friends. Before they come to camp they must be in MySam and have filled out the Camper information and purchase the camp they are interested in attending. All of this can be done online.

Q: What does my child get to eat at lunch and is it healthy?

Now that we are a state sanctioned day care we have specific rules we have to follow when serving food. We have a variety of main things we serve for lunch that include and complete menu is listed on the camp website or in the camp brochure.

Q: What does my child get offered at snack and when?

Our complete menu is listed on the website under the camp icon, to view. Campers are also allowed to bring additional snacks of their own.

Q: Is there any way you can lock up stuff when at camp?

Actually there is a way to do this.
We try to do everything we can to ensure that nothing gets taken but with over 250 kids a day in the gym we do have things every once in a while disappear. I would like to ask that if your child comes home with something that is not theirs please bring it back to us no questions asked so we can get it back to its rightful owner.

Q: Is there a way I can see what my child’s schedule is during the day?

We always have copies at the Supervisor desk which will show the rotation and games being played. In regards to a speciality camp those are created closer to when camp starts and each instructor can change their activities to fit the format/themes of the camp so the material, and planning may not be the same.

Q: Is there a possibility of a tween/teen program that could go off site each week?

We do not offer any offsite activities that are within walking distance.

Q: What do we do with the kids in the morning before camp starts?

If your child is in our before care program which runs from 7:30-8:45 (we do have a couple of people who were offered the option of an extreme all flexi summer pass which included early drop off at 7am but they are the only ones allowed to use that and we do not sell that pass) we offer them breakfast if they want which includes breakfast cereal and milk. We then allow them to sit at the tables and play games or go in the turf and hang out and take their time in waking up. We have counselors there who will play games with them from our game box also.
At 8:40 we allow them to go onto the courts for free time which runs from 8:40-9:15. We will have counselors spread out to shoot hoops, throw a football with them, pass the volleyball and play soccer with them. I also received a suggestion that we don’t do enough to greet the kids at the front in the morning and help get them started. We have changed our hours for some counselors and are bringing more in earlier so we will have a couple of them waiting at the door to greet and direct the kids and if need be to take them over and introduce them to kids around the same age and get them started doing something.

Q: What do we do with the kids after camp ends for aftercare?

I wanted to clear this up as it seems that some wrong information has been going home. We line the kids up at 3:50 so they can get their bags and wait to hear their name called. Camp ends officially at 4:00 and we give a 15 minute grace period.
After 4:15 any kid still here will be checked into our aftercare program. Even if you haven’t purchased it we will take care of your kid until you arrive. So if you are stuck or just are enjoying some time off all you have to do is when you come in and pick up your kid just go to the front desk and pay the $8 fee for the aftercare and you are good to go.
At 4:15 we offer the kids 5 choices; stay in the rink and hang out or play with your friends or counselors (we bring out the games and cards if a kid doesn’t have anything), they can play soccer on Blue 1, knockout on Blue 2, jump the river or 4 square on Blue 3 and 5 on 5 basketball games on Blue 4. If a group of kids would ask if they could do something else we are always open to ideas and will try to make it happen. We let the kids stay on the courts until 5:15 and then we move everyone into the rink to settle down before the end of camp.
The camp officially ends at 6pm (we do have a couple of people who purchased the option of an extreme all flexi summer pass which included late pick up until 6:30 but they are the only ones allowed to use that and we do not sell that pass anymore. That pass was only offered until March 1st and we sold out of them). Once we hit 6pm PSA leagues take over the building and it is packed. We move the remaining kids from the turf to our conference room by the front door until you arrive. I have been told that PSA intends to start charging late fees for people who are continuously late as my counselor do not get paid after 6pm so unless there is an emergency please make every effort to arrive prior to 6pm.

Q: Why don’t you teach skills in Flexi-Camp? Why can’t we just purchase one day of a sports camp?

The problem with the camp is we have so many kids who want different things out of the camp. Most that are here just want to have fun and do not worry about winning and losing. We really wanted to keep the competition level down because that is usually what causes us to experience incidents between kids. To address those people who wanted their kids to learn a skill but to also be here all day we developed the ½ flexi add on to our sports/martial arts/drama/chess/ computer/drawing camps.
For basically the same price of a 5 day flexi full day pass you can have your child go to a skill specific camp for 3 hours and we find that the kids love this option as this way they get to play, learn or improve on a specific thing for half the day and then they get to play a bunch of different things in a lower key environment or just hang out with their friends the rest of the time.
As far as offering the option for 1 day or less than the 5 days at the skills camps we just can’t base our staffing off of that as most of our camps sell out with the 5 day option. We have lesson plans that are designed to bring the kids to a specific point at the end of the 5 days in the sports camps. We also pick teams and have coaches teach plays that the kids will run all week.