Features

Academy Features

• The coaching staff will thoroughly train and prepare each player during the entire academy to be a better, more confident football player. With excellent football, recreational and housing facilities, top coaches and athletic trainers, our goal is to give each participant the finest football instruction available and a program they will never forget!
• Daily instruction, lectures, and demonstrations.
• Participants learn from outstanding veteran college and high school coaches, selected for their ability to coach and teach the game of football. Participants are taught at an approximately 10:1 ratio. This ratio ensures that participants receive individual and team instruction.
• All the football a player could want. Participants receive up to 6 hours of instruction each day.
• High school players aged 15-18 are eligible for the exclusive Gridiron Elite. A detailed information packet on each member of the Gridiron Elite will be sent to over 2,500 college football coaches to help each player receive recognition at the college level. This is great nationwide exposure that a player might not get from playing at their high school alone. This unique service is very respected by the college coaches. It has enabled hundreds of players to continue their football careers and many have received scholarships. If you would like to play at the college level, this will be an excellent opportunity to receive the best instruction available and to be seen by an outstanding lineup of college coaches.
• *All-you-can eat meals. Daily buffet style breakfast, lunch, and dinner complete with a large variety of tasty selections for the training athlete. Lunch and dinner only is included for the day participants.      *Due to Covid19 this may change at certain locations.
• 3 days and 2 nights of housing accommodations on campus. Use of the recreational facilities is included. 
• Eligibility: In accordance with NCAA regulations, players in high school are eligible to attend the academy without jeopardizing their athletic eligibility. The Sports International Passing, Receiving & DB Academy meets ALL NCAA eligibility rules.
• Health and Safety: A full-time staff of certified athletic trainers will be on duty 24 hours-a-day.
• CLASSROOM SESSIONS: Participants will participate in classroom sessions during the academy. You will find these sessions are an excellent training tool to break down technique and can be invaluable in the development of athletes.
• SUPERVISION AND BACKGROUND CHECKS! Safety and security are a concern for Sports International, and therefore, we conduct background checks on all staff, coaches, and counselors that attend the academy. In addition, there are athletic trainers on duty 24 hours a day to attend to the player’s needs. On the field, athletes are under the watchful eye of our coaching staff and off the field counselors are in charge of supervision. In addition, the majority of the campuses where we hold our programs have campus police and/or security staff on campus and available 24 hours a day.
• Participants will be required to wear a helmet.

Passing Academy Features

• Daily one-on-one instruction by top quarterback instructors with emphasis on: quickness, speed and agility, ball handling, position and control behind the center, footwork, hand-offs, pitches and option flips, passing techniques, steps and positioning, drop-backs, sprint-outs, bootlegs, rollouts and play-action, passing drills, proper hand, arm, feet, and follow-through, the grip, QB/center exchange, QB pivots, passing techniques, 3-, 5-, 7-step drops, sprint-draw and play-action pass, aiming points, rules for QB recognizing the open receiver, leadership, mental and physical preparation for playing QB, daily warm-up drills, 1-2-3 drill (read drill), strider drill to teach long passes, pop and pass drill, the do's and don'ts as QB, pre-snap reads, what to look for as QB, reading fronts and coverages, how they tie together, how to handle secondary pressure -- blitz!, and use of automatics and audibles, and the three step pass package (out, hitch, slant, fade).
• Drills to cover on field used to re-enforce and teach basic skills.
• Outstanding 10:1 coach-to-athlete ratio with individualized and small group instruction!
• Three academies in one! Junior, Senior, and Advanced Levels! All students are separated throughout the entire academy by age, experience, and ability!
• All participants will receive a free academy T-shirt.
• Each quarterback will properly throw hundreds of footballs!

Receiving Academy Features

• Daily one-on-one instruction by top receiver instructors with emphasis on: how to read coverages, running the correct pass routes, working back to the ball, catching ball at highest point, catching the ball, catching the long ball, eyeing the ball in, line release, speed control, getting open, recognizing defenses (man-to-man, zone and combinations), motion, screen and draw techniques, how to read the defensive triangle, running drills, receiver drills, stance, release, patterns: out, post, hook, curl, post/corner, fade, in, fly, cross, etc.
• Outstanding 10:1 coach-to-athlete ratio with individualized and small group instruction!
• Three academies in one! Junior, Senior, and Advanced Levels! All students are separated throughout the entire academy by age, experience, and ability!
• All participants will receive a free academy T-shirt.
• Each receiver will properly catch hundreds of footballs!

Defensive Back Academy Features

• Daily one-on-one instruction by top defensive backs instructors with emphasis on: defensive football drills, reaction skills, how to run with the offense, drop-back fundamentals, forward acceleration, cornerback ball skills, backpedaling, stance & start/lining up, T-step breaks, quick-step breaks, ball technique, press technique, and cornerback IQ (DB coverages, reading offenses, quarterbacks, and wide receivers, disguising coverages, coverage keys, cover 1, cover 2, outside vs. slot receivers)
• Outstanding 10:1 coach-to-athlete ratio with individualized and small group instruction!
• Three academies in one! Junior, Senior, and Advanced Levels! All students are separated throughout the entire academy by age, experience, and ability!
• All participants will receive a free academy T-shirt.