Gallery: Matt Leinart Football Camp 2007
Leinart’s Passing Camp Helps A Good Cause:
In the competitive world of high school football, players are always looking for something that will give them that edge. For about 300 quarterbacks from around the state of Arizona, why not learn from the best?
Matt Leinart hosted his passing camp on Saturday, which helped the 300 quarterbacks who are to be going out for their school’s team in the 2007 season both physically and mentally. The event went from 9:00 a.m. and went to 3:00 p.m., and it included plenty of field drills on top of a classroom session that taught the QBs how to read defenses.
“The biggest part was I tried to explain that the game of football, especially the quarterback position, is mostly mental,” Leinart said. “You can throw the ball and you can run, but it’s a matter of what you have in your head. I always say the game is 75 percent mental as a quarterback.
“When I was in the classroom with them I let them understand defenses, understand how I approach the game. Little details that these kids can take today to their high school and say, ‘I remember that. My footwork on this wasn’t right. I remember what the coaches taught me at Matt’s camp.’ Those are the things that are going to help them become great quarterbacks.”
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