Portsmouth Youth Football holds first summer session with members of high school team

The Portsmouth Youth Football Summer Skills and Drills camp began Week one of seven sessions this summer on Sunday, June 23 at Community Campus in Portsmouth.

PORTSMOUTH – Although it’s technically not football season, there’s always time to improve your skills in the off-season, and the Portsmouth Youth Football Summer Skills and Drills Camp is the place to be this summer.

On Sunday at Community Campus, Portsmouth Youth Football hosted its first of six skill sessions for their players between third and eighth grade to learn from the coaches and players of the Portsmouth/Oyster River high school football team.

The Portsmouth Youth Football Summer Skills and Drills camp began Week one of seven sessions this summer on Sunday, June 23 at Community Campus in Portsmouth.

“If you’re interested in football, come here and learn the basics,” Portsmouth Youth Football president Mike Allen said. “Have some fun and spend two hours with some like-minded people.”

Sunday’s two-hour session, which attracted 60 youth football players, went from 5 to 7 p.m., and featured pass catching drills, quarterback drills, defensive drills, strength and conditioning drills and more.

“We’re making connections and (the kids are) learning more about the game, especially from some of the experts,” Allen said. “We’re developing skills and getting these kids excited about football.”

Portsmouth seventh- and eighth-grade football head coach Billy Mitchell first thought of the camp three years ago.

“We want (the kids) to learn the fundamentals, that’s the focus,” he said. “A lot of the time, you’re trying to build on the same things for a long time, that’s what the successful programs do very well. We’re just trying to get these (young players) to understand the basics of football.”

The Portsmouth Youth Football Summer Skills and Drills camp began Week one of…

Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/portsmouth-youth-football-holds-first-090501074.html

Author : Portsmouth Herald

Publish date : 2024-06-25 09:05:01

Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.