Canadian CIS coaches to help develop coaches in France

In July 2010, will be held the very first edition of the EIFA/ISAF. The main objective of this clinic of American Football is one of improvement of individual techniques for the players and improvement of teaching methods for French coaches in France. All coaches present at the clinic come from Canadian Universities.

Already confirmed for this year, are:

•Matt Connell, from McGill university, will be with the quarterbacks (QB)
•Xavier Gelinas-St-Ours also from University of Montreal, will coach the offensive linemen (OL)
•Mathieu Pronovost, from Sherbrooke University, will be responsible for the running backs (RB/FB/TB/TE)
•Duane John, from Laval University, will coach the receivers (R)
•Hugo Girard, from McGill University, will work with the linebackers (LB)
•Paul-Eddy St-Vilien from University of Montreal, will be with the defensive backs(DB)
We await confirmation for the DL coach.

A first clinic will be held at Villepinte (93) on the lands of the Diables Rouges. Villepinteis located north-east of Paris. The clinic will open the 3rd of July by a combine and will close on the 8th of July with a scrimmage. On each day, there will be 2 practices and a film session during the evening. That session will also be used to hold a meeting between the Canadian coaches and the French coaches. Teaching techniques will be discussed during the meeting. Following the first week, coaches and organizers will travel south to Aix-en-Provence(13). It will be a mirror image of the first week and will take place from the 10th of Julyt o the 15th.The target participants are players with practical experience, ones who already played the game and coaches who want to improve on techniques. This is not an initiation camp. For that, there’s already a great school held in Thonon-les-Bains (74), l’EFAJA. The EIFA/ISAF will concentrate on improvement; therefore,we will not go about rules or strategies but rather on technique, technique and more technique.The organizers are Franck Chagnon from McGill University and Cedric Essermeant from the Grenoble Centaures (38).

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