Using football as a tool to teach life lessons to children
From managing defensive calls to heading a local government Meet Jim Schwantz, mayor of Palatine and longtime National Football League linebacker Written by JohnFranco Joyce, PSE Writer Jim Schwantz, mayor of Cook County’s Palatine Village, is one of many former football pla ...
How a Child Develops into a Great Athlete (and How You Can H ...
An astounding fact: In the 2015 NFL draft, 224 out of the 256 NFL picks (87.5 percent) played multiple sports in high school. The simple conclusion? Complete athletes go further in sports. For parents, we highly recommend a long-term, comprehensive approach to develop your c ...
Bring Flag Football to Humboldt Park
Chicago’s west-side Latino community called a huddle—and the professional football community responded big time. This month, representatives from the Chicago Bears, Pro Sports Experience and USA Football joined Humboldt Park community-leaders Angel Lopez and Robert Tor ...
11 Reasons Our Youth Football Campers Have More Fun!
Our 2016 customer surveys indicated 762 of 782 (97.4%) consider Pro Sports Experience NFL Partner football camps really fun and parents were extremely satisfied with their child’s experience. When it’s fun, campers will have the energy and desire to learn–e ...
Leaders Rise in Chicago Bears Youth Camps
To the Chicago Bears, character counts—big time. In fact, within the Chicago Bears team culture, the most acclaimed players are the men that combined great athletic skill with even better leadership qualities. Think Payton, Singletary, Covert and Urlacher—all incredible athl ...
All Time Record Holders for NFL Punt, Pass and Kick Youth Fo ...
It’s always better to make clearly defined goals. And the numbers below give you exactly that–something to punt for, pass for and kick for! Train hard and set a record in the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick Competition. For scoring, camp contestants will do one punt, one ...
Our 7 Core Values at Football Camp
We consider ourselves an extension of you, the parents. For children, when the message comes from parents, sometimes kids don’t want to hear it. Sometimes parents need help. On the football field, we have a big advantage. We have different people, messages, carrots an ...
7 Reasons Why Youth Hockey Players Should Play Football Too
USA Hockey–the governing body of hockey—recently mandated a rule change that moves the legal age for body checking in games to 14U. The debate has been long and emotional for USA Hockey. Their decision to adjust the rule was related to both safety and player dev ...
Youth Football: Why Parents Love It and How Kids Benefit
At the core, why do we love football? USA Football tapped Dr. Chris Carr and Hardy Nickerson to define the essential reasons why we love the game and what we gain. Here’s the USA Football Video Blog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf-ypDXrML4 From the Pro Sports Exper ...
Translating success on the field into life lessons
Alumni Hero Football: A parallel of Life Written by John Franco Joyce, PSE Writer To some, football is just another game representing an American pastime. Yet, the sport continues to prove that success on the field does translate into success off the field–in a profoun ...