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Jun. 13—JAMESTOWN — For the fifth consecutive year, the Jeff Trickey Quarterback Technique and Leadership Camp returned to the University of Jamestown campus.
“Coach Bill Nelson has been our director,” Trickey said. “He’s been a friend of ours and asked us to come to North Dakota. We had never been here, we came about five years ago. We felt it was such a success and it’s grown every year and Coach Nelson and Coach Brian (Mistro) at Jamestown, they are great hosts for us. We love to come back and now it’s an annual thing and we’re even doing our advanced camp here in July.”
Trickey is a Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Famer and a Ripon College (Wisconsin) thanks to his time as a multi-sport athlete and high school football coach. Trickey said the camp is in its 34th year. Trickey said the camp started at the urging of high school football coaches around Wisconsin.
The camp ran from June 10-11 at Charlotte and Gordon Hansen Stadium. Trickey said on the first day the coaches focused on technique and then on the second day Trickey watched film with all of the kids. Trickey said the camp is limited to two days because he believes the kids get tired after working hard for the two days. Trickey said they show film of each kid throwing to teach them how to improve their form.
“I take them in by myself, we get them in, small groups and they’re all age-appropriate,” Trickey said. “The younger guys, we give more of the basic film study stuff so that they can understand and they’re not intimidated and then the older groups, we get to a little more advanced film work when they’re with me”
The camp was attended by 63 kids in grades 7-12. One of those signal callers who participated in the camp was Jamestown High School rising senior Ryan Kallenbach. Kallenbach said he has participated in the camp since it first…
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Author : The Jamestown Sun, N.D.
Publish date : 2024-06-13 16:46:00
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