Estevan Minor Football and the Regina Thunder of the Canadian Junior Football League teamed up for a football clinic on May 23 at Chow Field.
There were 37 young football players from ages 8-15 participating in the clinic. Three positional coaches and six players from the Thunder were at the clinic teaching football skills, techniques and fundamentals.
Various stations were set up on the field as the young football players received an in depth training session on different plays and positions.
Even though the season does not start until late summer, the main objective of the clinic was to get the young players excited for football and learn from experienced athletes.
“What our whole intentions were is to invite the Regina Thunder to … let our kids have some fun with some more elite athletes,” EMF representative Jason Bresciami said.
He mentioned they want to continue to keep Estevan's young players interested in football, and the organization hopes that by having players and coaches from the Thunder come in to assist their development, they will accomplish that.
“We want to recruit more kids and this is a good promotion for us within the community.”
This is the first year Thunder players have taught a clinic in Estevan, but the University of Regina Rams were in the city a couple of years ago, Bresciami said.
“The Thunder approached us last year … to have something like this (a clinic). But it was late in the spring so trying to get things set up didn’t work.”
Along with learning some basic drills, Bresciami hopes the players realize the many opportunities for them in football beyond the city's minor football and high school football programs.
Throughout the clinic Bresciami said the athletes had fun and he hopes that EMF will continue to have similar clinics with the Thunder in the future.
