Long-Term Athlete Development Gets a Boost
Published on April 9, 2014 under Canadian Football League (CFL)
Edmonton Elks News Release
(Edmonton) - Yesterday evening, the Edmonton Eskimo Football Club hosted the second annual Northern Alberta Football Summit at Commonwealth Stadium.
"The football summit allows members of Edmonton's football community to get together to recognize accomplishments, identify opportunities for improvement and develop solutions to further strengthen amateur football. The stakeholders in attendance are passionate and committed to the sport; we're united in strengthening long-term athlete development in Northern Alberta," says Eskimos General Manager Ed Hervey.
"I thank those in attendance for their time and proven commitment to growing the sport at all levels."
The summit agenda included a review of rules and regulations, player skill development, coaching development, officiating and next steps for continued advancement of the sport.
The invitation-only event was attended by key amateur football satakeholders, including Head Coach of the University of Alberta Golden Bears Chris Morris, Technical Director of Football Alberta Tim Enger, representatives from the Edmonton Huskies and Edmonton Wildcats junior football clubs, as well as the Capital District Minor Football Association and coaches from all levels of football.
"The Long-Term Athlete Development Program is what keeps the player engaged in the sport of football from the cradle to the grave," says Enger. "We would like to see more Edmonton-trained players on the Edmonton Eskimos in future years."
Last year, Hervey launched the annual summit in cooperation with amateur football stakeholders. In the year since the inaugural summit, amateur football celebrated a number of successes, including doubled enrollment in the Eskimos Novice Flag Football League to 120 players aged 6-8 and a number of successful training camps including:
a minor football safe contact camp for atom and peewee players junior winter workout camps attended by 200 playersseveral coaching clinicsregional outreach camps in Cold Lake, Red Deer, Grande Prairie and Lloydminster with a combined 420 playersa high school primer camp a seven-on-seven high school football tournamentan advanced passing campan offensive line/defensive line camp with 120 playersa University of Alberta Football Academy with 100 players
"The Edmonton Eskimo Football Club fully supports amateur football and remains committed to its continued growth and popularity," says Hervey.
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