Craig Nall first tried private football coaching after he retired a year ago from the NFL, however he has a larger idea he would like to try inside the land of his youth.
The first sort Alexandria Senior High quarterback who struck gold at Northwestern State after transferring from LSU, and who spent the higher part of his NFL career in Green Bay being a backup for Favre fined, wants to expand his private coaching business into a group project that may benefit many young football players in the united states.
The result is YourFootballNetwork.com, a coaching and mentoring program he founded that is targeted to youth and high school football players. The group's first coaching effort in a very 3-day format, as soon as the experience of running five one-day camps inside the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where he with his fantastic family now live, is going to be at the inaugural Cenla Football Experience April 28-30 at Louisiana College.
The other group founders with Nall are Brad Cieslak, Andy Little and Remy Hamilton, whose names may very well not recognize because, like Nall, their NFL careers are not profound. Yet, together they've got 40-plus combined a lot of playing experience and off-season management.
This can be the launching pad for their idea, and what else appropriate place compared to backyard of Nall's native city?
He with his fantastic cohorts hope this Cenla Football Experience could be the start of something big.
These are big, they have guys like former Packers offensive lineman Marco Rivera, a big, three-time Pro Bowl pick, about the roster of former NFL types who will coaching at the three-day affair. Peabody graduate Emanuel Arceneaux, who has signed with the Minnesota Vikings, can be scheduled to become there. Case likely would not have been possible, Nall says, minus the sponsorship of Mid State Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center.
Day one, Thursday, and also the last, Saturday, will probably be for varsity senior high school players only, while all K-12 groups is going to be served Friday, including obviously any good two-hour session for K-5th grade youngsters.
"This is one thing I've been wanting to do for a long period," says Nall. "I have the resources and the ability to do it now."
Unlike some football camps, this program all players in any respect positions, not merely one specialized position. The three-day charge is $175, which Nall says is "an affordable price along with a great value" for youngsters that are getting instruction from NFL veterans.
Jointly who admits he sometimes privately disagreed with the advice of some quarterback coaches in their past who had never taken simple from center, Nall says it's "a little better to pay attention and listen and take value" beyond a session by having an instructor who's played the position well enough to make it on the NFL.
"Everything will likely be regimented, gone will be the wasted time," says Nall.
"The kids will always be doing something, whether it is full speed or hearing chalk talk."
The football camp can also get NFL style combine testing on Saturday morning, and workouts will likely be filmed having an opportunity to have a video analysis coming from a staff member for $25.
Not only teach technique and proceed through drills, Nall says his group really wants to give mentoring guidance about specific things like recruiting and setting goals.
There will be certified trainers available as well as automated external defibrillators (AEDs), in the case of emergency.
Brock Berlin, who had previously been the Gatorade National Player of the Year at Evangel in Shreveport and led the Miami Hurricanes with a notable comeback victories, will probably be among the former players which will be coaching along with former Clemson defensive back Antuan Edwards, who spent five of his eight NFL seasons using the Packers.
Ryan Moats, who was simply a sensational running back for Louisiana Tech and spent a while in the NFL, is another familiar name on the coaching list.
Nall says the roster of 15-plus NFL veterans who'll be coaching at the event combine for longer than 50 years of experience in the NFL.
There could even be an unexpected visit, he states, from a certain former NFL quarterback who wore No. 4 on his jersey.
"We really think we're sitting on something special," Nall says. "We'd love to make positive imprints for the careers of children having the possiblity to get in the NFL."
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