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Two pro running backs brought a free camp to Kirkland, and 283 kids signed up in 48 hours.

A free youth football camp filled in two days on about a month's notice. The simple website and capped sign-up page behind it, and the 250+ kids who showed up.

JD WorcesterOctober 16, 2026Oct 16, 20264 min read

Updated October 22, 2026

Cut-paper collage: Salvon Ahmed, number 26, and Myles Gaskin, number 37, in Miami Dolphins uniforms on torn yellow backings over a halftone stadium crowd, with light towers at the left, the Hard Rock Stadium sign at the right, and yellow scribbles — FIG. 1 · Salvon Ahmed and Myles Gaskin.

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In June 2023, two pro running backs brought a free camp to Kirkland and put more than 250 kids on the field at Juanita High School. One of them was my high school teammate. The sign-ups ran on a website and a capped Eventbrite page, built in about a month.

The short answer

Phins Frenzy is a free youth football camp at Juanita High School in Kirkland, hosted by pro running backs Salvon Ahmed and Myles Gaskin. In 2023 the camp had the players and the sponsors, and about a month to fill it. A simple website and a capped Eventbrite page handled the sign-ups: all 283 spots went in 48 hours, and more than 250 kids showed up.

At a glance

Event	Phins Frenzy Football Camp, second annual
Hosts	Salvon Ahmed and Myles Gaskin
When and where	June 18, 2023, Juanita High School, Kirkland, WA
For	Kids 5 to 14, free, open to all
The system	Website, Eventbrite registration with a hard cap, follow-up emails, check-in. Posters by Big Web Labs
Built in	About a month, start to camp day
Result	283 spots filled in 48 hours

Event: Phins Frenzy Football Camp, second annual
When and where: June 18, 2023, Juanita High School, Kirkland, WA
For: Kids 5 to 14, free, open to all
The system: Website, Eventbrite registration with a hard cap, follow-up emails, check-in. Posters by Big Web Labs
Built in: About a month, start to camp day
Result: 283 spots filled in 48 hours

How it started

Salvon Ahmed and Myles Gaskin shared a backfield for two years at the University of Washington and were reunited on the Miami Dolphins. Salvon grew up in Kirkland and played at Juanita High School. So did I. We were teammates in 2016 and 2017, him at running back and me at quarterback, and as juniors we made the deepest playoff run Juanita had seen in 25 years.

Salvon Ahmed and Myles Gaskin in Miami Dolphins practice jerseys, numbers 26 and 37, each throwing up a hand sign at the camera — FIG. 2 · Salvon Ahmed and Myles Gaskin with the Miami Dolphins.

In 2023 the two of them brought the camp back to Kirkland for its second year. Kids 5 to 14, no cost, pizza, a camp shirt, a DJ, and two pros running drills on the field Salvon grew up on. They had the players and the sponsors, about a month, and no website or way to sign up yet.

The first announcement graphic: both hosts in game kit, the camp name, the date, the school, and 'Registration coming soon' — FIG. 3 · Graphics: Big Web Labs. The May 3 announcement and the May 15 registration poster, as made.

The camp poster: the Phins Frenzy badge between the two hosts, Sunday June 18, Juanita High School, ages 5 to 14, free to attend, and the sponsor row — FIG. 3 · Graphics: Big Web Labs. The May 3 announcement and the May 15 registration poster, as made.

The system behind the sign-ups

A website families could trust. What the camp is, who it is for, what to bring, where to park, and one button to sign up.
Registration that ran itself. A free Eventbrite page capped at 283, so the camp could not overbook, and every family got a confirmation the moment they signed up.
The posters. Big Web Labs designed the announcement and the registration poster.
Follow-up emails with the date, the time, the parking and what to bring, sent before camp day.
Check-in on the day, run off the Eventbrite list.

We made the posters, built the site and the registration, and sent the emails. The hosts and their sponsors did the rest.

The camp website on a desktop, above the fold: the hosts, the camp name, and the sign-up button — FIG. 4 · The camp website, desktop and phone. Captured 2026-10-15.

283

spots filledMeasured · Eventbrite registrations, JD

48 hrs

to fill every spotMeasured · Eventbrite order timestamps, JD

250+

kids on the fieldMeasured · JD's count on camp day

$0

cost to familiesMeasured · Eventbrite event page, read 2026-10-14

Camp day

Before the first drill, Salvon gathered every kid on the field and talked to them. I played on that field with him. Watching him stand on it in front of more than 250 kids, their parents in the stands, is the moment I keep.

“Coming back to Juanita and seeing that many kids on the field we grew up on meant everything. It took a lot of people to make it happen, from our sponsors to friends like JD. We just got to show up and coach.”
Salvon Ahmed, Pro running back, Juanita High School alum

Camp day, in pictures

Salvon laughing with a friend on the field, both in camp shirts, the school behind them — FIG. 5 · The camp recap. · Filmed by Nabil Shehadeh. Originally on Instagram

A boy in a camp shirt drops into a stance at the front of a drill line, a coach's hand holding a water bottle at the edge of the frame — FIG. 6 · Camp day. Photographs by J. Childress.

A girl in a camp shirt sprints past a red tackle pad, grinning, the stands behind her — FIG. 6 · Camp day. Photographs by J. Childress.

Thank you to the sponsors who made it free: Ford Sports Performance, Dick’s Sporting Goods, State Farm, Gridiron Football, Maestro, The Familie, SIGND, Can Am Pizza, Lake Washington Physical Therapy, Ethika, and Juanita Football.

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Why we do this

Salvon is my teammate, and when a teammate asks, you help. The other reason is the job Legroom does now: the players brought the talent, and a small system took the busywork off their plate so they could coach. That’s the job we do for small businesses. Run a camp or a league that needs the same kind of help? Nominate them.

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Sources

Phins Frenzy camp websiteBuilt by JD Worcester
Salvon & Myles Phins Frenzy Football CampEventbrite, Jun 18, 2023
The camp is announced@time2takeiteassyy on Instagram, May 3, 2023
Registration opens: the camp poster@time2takeiteassyy on Instagram, May 15, 2023
The camp recap@time2takeiteassyy on Instagram, filmed by Nabil Shehadeh, Jun 20, 2023
Camp day photographs@time2takeiteassyy on Instagram, photographs by J. Childress, Jun 21, 2023
Myles Gaskin and Salvon Ahmed reunitedMiami Dolphins, Dec 31, 2020
Salvon Ahmed visits his Kirkland alma materKING 5

JD WorcesterFounder, Legroom.

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