NIKE NFTC EVENTS KICK OFF 2009

2009 SCHEDULE AND ONLINE REGISTRATION COMING SOON!

2009 will mark the 13th year of the NIKE Football Training Camps. Below are some frequently asked questions and answers to give you a better understanding about the camps.

Q: Who attends the NIKE Football Camps and what is their purpose?

A: The NIKE Football Training Camps are designed to help elite high school players with college potential advance their football and training knowledge in order to maximize their ability. Participants are taught position-specific and athletic performance drills designed by some of the top NFL football players and sports performance specialists in America, and it is all FREE for the athletes. The players will have an opportunity to work with SPARQ Trainers that have molded stars such as Deion Sanders, Walter Jones, Calvin Johnson, Derrick Brooks, and many more.

Q: What exactly happens at a camp?

A: Athletes who come to the NIKE Football Training Camp will register, where they will pick up their free NIKE Pro workout shirt, and get their photo taken. After height and weight are measured, the NIKE Football Training Camp is broken down into three parts:

1. SPARQ TRAINING: After a proper, supervised "dynamic warmup," SPARQ trainers work participants through specific drills designed to improve athletic ability, speed and explosiveness. Here, athletes have the opportunity to tap into the secrets of proper workouts that have helped players make it to the NFL, including cone and ladder drills. This period educates participants on how to improve football-specific speed, agility and quickness movements, and also how to train specifically for the needs and requirements of their individual positions.
2. POSITION SPECIFIC DRILLS: Participants are separated into position groups (QBs, RBs, WR/TEs, OLs & DLs, LBs & DBs) to work individually on football skills and techniques with top-notch position coaches with college and NFL experience.
3. ONE-ON-ONES: The NIKE Camp concludes with one-on-one passing and non-contact line drills, which many say are the highlight of the camp.

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ESPNRISE.comTommie Harris made a name for himself at a Nike Football Training Camp.

Q: Are there other benefits?

A: Definitely! The NIKE Football Training Camps provide the best opportunity for national exposure that a camp can offer. Reports on the top performers in drills are delivered each week to Division I college football programs all over the nation. Video and action photos for ESPN and other national media will be taken. Participants will also be part of the in-depth coverage on ESPN.com and ESPNU.

Q: How does a player get registered to attend a NIKE Football Training Camp?
A: The NIKE Camps are free and registration information is sent out to top players/recruits who are in the Class of 2010. Players can be recommended by their coach as a high level recruit to preregister for the camp. If a recommendation is not possible then a player may send in a 5 min. video highlight tape so he can be evaluated. A third way to get registered is to test well at a NIKE Combine.

Coaches can send in recommendations as soon as the season is complete; please include 2008 statistics, height, weight, position, honors/accolades, etc. with videotape if possible. Mail tapes and recommendations to:
ESPN RISE Attn: Nike Camps
23954 Madison St.
Torrance CA 90505
1-800-660-1334
Players whose recommendations are accepted will be mailed back NIKE Camp registration information.