STEELERS ANNOUNCE UPCOMING

YOUTH FOOTBALL EVENTS

 

 

 Annual Junior Player Development Program

and USA Football Coaching School set for May

 

 

Two annual Pittsburgh Steelers Youth Football initiatives are coming up on the South Side this spring -- the Junior Player Development program May 14-26 at Cupples Stadium and the one-day USA Football Coaching School on Saturday, May 19 at the team's facility at the UPMC Sports Performance Complex.

 

Junior Player Development (J.P.D.) is a program for boys and girls ages 12-14 who do not participate in local middle or junior high school-sponsored football programs. It is a 12 day program that includes life lessons taught at each practice, emphasizing the importance of hard work and team work.

J.P.D. was developed by the NFL as an introductory/developmental youth tackle football program, designed to teach every participant every position through a step-by-step progression of skill instruction packaged in a re-adaptive, fun and entertaining manner. All participants receive instruction from local coaches.

 

The USA Football/Steelers Coaching School is designed to prepare youth football coaches with the ability to teach the game of football and create a positive experience for their players, parents and assistant coaches.  The clinic will teach each youth coach effective ways to develop and organize their team, teach the proper fundamentals, implement drills and communicate with players, parents and other coaches.  Successful high school and youth coaches from the area will act as clinicians following USA Football's youth coaching principles, which focus on coaching theory, along with developing a scheme for offense, defense and special teams. The event combines lectures with on-field demonstrations of technique and practice components.

 

 

For more information on these events, please click on the links below.:

 

STEELERS JUNIOR PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

 

USA FOOTBALL/STEELERS COACHING SCHOOL