Troy Football Hosts Inaugural Girls Flag Football Camp

TROY, Ala. – Universities across the country host high school football team and 7-on-7 camps all summer; Troy head coach Gerad Parker took it one step further last Wednesday, hosting a girls' flag football camp, believed to be the first held in the state of Alabama.

"We certainly want to be groundbreaking in everything we do," Parker said. "We think we're the first in the state to do this, and we want to be forward-thinking in what we do and how we do everything. My wife came out earlier and she cried about six times seeing it all; it's emotional. I told the girls that this is a global sport that's growing, and we want to do our part to serve this great game, this great state, and this community to allow the girls to have a path forward in this game."

Troy welcomed 11 teams to campus for the inaugural event and spent the morning in a traditional camp format with different teaching circuits covering all phases of the game. Troy women's assistant coach Jennifer Graf provided a special message to the campers before a break for lunch.

Following lunch, teams played six scrimmage games inside The Vet and on the grass practice fields behind the new indoor practice facility.

"We tried to tie two worlds together of a 7-on-7 experience and also a teaching and development segment," Parker said. "I got feedback from women I've worked with throughout my career, including some in NFL management positions, on what would make a good experience today.

"I told them they can be Olympians if they wanted to take this game all the way; how cool is that to say out loud," Parker said. "There is a vested interest because of my wife's background as a Division I athlete and to our three girls."

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Troy Football Hosts Inaugural Girls Flag Football Camp

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