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Coach Marcone Selected for NFL Summit

As announced in a story in The Providence Journal, La Salle Academy football and baseball head coach “Geoff Marcone is one of 51 high school coaches selected by the NFL to participate in the 11th annual NFL-USA Football Youth Summit” being held in Canton, Ohio – the home of the National Football League Hall of Fame.


According to the story, the summit is being held Wednesday July 21 through Friday, July 23.  That is the week prior to the 2010 Hall of Fame Weekend in Canton, Ohio.
 

According to the Journal story, “in addition to these coaches, more than 50 other supporters of youth and high school football, including former NFL players now coaching, will attend the summit, which is held at Kent State Stark Professional Education & Conference Center.  Leaders in the fields of sports medicine and sports psychology will present on various topics facing youth sports.”

As announced in a story in The Providence Journal, La Salle Academy football and baseball head coach “Geoff Marcone is one of 51 high school coaches selected by the NFL to participate in the 11th annual NFL-USA Football Youth Summit” being held in Canton, Ohio – the home of the National Football League Hall of Fame.


According to the story, the summit is being held Wednesday July 21 through Friday, July 23.  That is the week prior to the 2010 Hall of Fame Weekend in Canton, Ohio.
 

According to the Journal story, “in addition to these coaches, more than 50 other supporters of youth and high school football, including former NFL players now coaching, will attend the summit, which is held at Kent State Stark Professional Education & Conference Center.  Leaders in the fields of sports medicine and sports psychology will present on various topics facing youth sports.”


The Providence Journal story added that “The summit will also include an overview of the NFL's High School Player Development program, the importance of a feeder system, helping youth players to achieve their potential and handling coach-player-parent relationships.“

 

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