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Springing from the nation’s best Quarterback Academy founded by Darin Slack in 1988, NFA’s core principles flow from Coach Slack’s proven agenda to build better football players by building better men! READ MORE

The NFA Staff is comprised of dedicated coaches committed to their craft and passionate about driving positive change in people. Leveraging mastery of their core subjects, these leading professionals offer ongoing coach certification and stand ready to partner with you for maximum development.

OUR MISSION
NFA strives to be a recognized leader in the football training industry by providing the highest quality skills training systems and services while providing the highest level of customer service in the industry. We provide coaches, athletes and parents the highest level of instruction and information, personalized service and knowledge they need to advance their training programs.
The QBA Difference
NFA recognizes that all levels of life and sports is more competitive today than ever before. We are serious about results. NFA is the first and only national sports performance company to create and use a systematic, integrated approach to player / coach development. All our camps deliver a simple, highly-effective, systematic approach to learning and teaching.
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There is no finer program teaching quarterback throwing mechanics anywhere in the world. NFA and the Quarterback Academy deliver a powerful, efficient, bio-mechanically sound throwing motion that propels QBs to the top of league play. Now fortified by new technology, our proven techniques ride the cutting-edge of athlete development, optimizing learning at an accelerated rate. READ MORE

NFA is proud to announce the launch of our new Game Improvement Center! Right now, for a limited time it is free for every athlete attending a National NFA Event. At every NFA National Camp, each athlete receives a primary movement mechanics video breakdown. These evaluations will now be recorded and uploaded to that athletes NFA Game Improvement Center locker. READ MORE
NFA SMART PHONE APP
NFA has aligned and partnered with other integrity-based, impacting development organizations to give our athletes every advantage and every opportunity. Click on the companies below and see how they can help you get better!
QB Training

National Football Academy’s QBA is the largest quarterback-specific training company in the world. With over 80 camps across the USA jointly driven by NFA’s National Master-Certified and Regional Senior-Certified Staff, we deliver world-class training and development with a commitment to building young men to elite performance on and off the field. Experience dramatic, measurable results! Sign up today!

QB NEXT For Youth
Launching Tomorrow’s Athletes With a Coach-Parent-Player Dynamic
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BLACKSHIRT ACADEMY
Honing Excellence in Alumni Athletes for Next-Level Play
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ELITE TRAINING FOR COLLEGIATE & PROFESSIONAL PLAY
Driving National-Level Players to World-Class Performance on Every Play!
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We make strong claims and expect to be held to a high standard. The greatest proof we offer is in the lives of the young men who have been NFA members for one or more years. Keep your eye out for these amazing young men who are rising stars. If you don’t know their names now, you will! The list includes both up-and-coming football stars of tomorrow and current College/NFL players.
Camps & Trainings
The NFA OSD are national training camps that take place all over the country from December through May. Scheduled for 3 days, that’s 16 hours of focused small-group training. Receive a lot of one-on-one interaction with a 5:1 player to coach ratio.
UPCOMING OSD CAMPS
A series of weekly, bi-monthly or monthly regional small-group training sessions scheduled by NFA’s QBA/WRA Senior Certified Coaches throughout the country.
UPCOMING PSP CAMPS
Regional training opportunities feature a 10:1 player to coach ratio and are delivered by NFA’s Regional Directors and driven by QBA/WRA Senior Certified Coaches throughout the country. RDC’s are geared toward building up to game-readiness and designed to complement and expand on skills acquired at NFA’s National OSD and PSP Camps.
Competition/Events
The Duel of the Dozens is an National Competition held every July. Unique for its individual winners and team competition from all NFA regions around the country and internationally, this competition showcases NFA-trained athletes and is open to any and all athletes eager to test themselves and displays their football skills. READ MORE

There is no finer program teaching quarterback throwing mechanics anywhere in the world. NFA and the Quarterback Academy deliver a powerful, efficient, bio-mechanically sound throwing motion that propels QBs to the top of league play. Now fortified by new technology, our proven techniques ride the cutting-edge of athlete development, optimizing learning at an accelerated rate. READ MORE

NFA is proud to announce the launch of our new Game Improvement Center! Right now, for a limited time it is free for every athlete attending a National NFA Event. At every NFA National Camp, each athlete receives a primary movement mechanics video breakdown. These evaluations will now be recorded and uploaded to that athletes NFA Game Improvement Center locker. READ MORE
NFA SMART PHONE APP
NFA has aligned and partnered with other integrity-based, impacting development organizations to give our athletes every advantage and every opportunity. Click on the companies below and see how they can help you get better!
Coaches Corner

The CPC - Concept Passing Clinic is a “one of a kind” training opportunity! NFA’s top QB and WR coaches will be on hand to deliver a “on the field”, a combination coaches clinic/ athlete development camp focused on teaching Coaches, QB’s, and WR’s how to put the R4 system into action. Designed to install, apply, and drill the techniques of the revolutionary R4 system into your passing offense, the CPC will maximize the execution of the top 15 passing concepts used in football today.
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NFA is always looking for integrity-based coaches who care deeply for positively impacting young men and have a never-ending appetite to become a better coach for the athletes they serve. Coach if this is you, then please read on and consider joining our team!

You will be joining a team of integrity-based men. Our NFA staff is going to support you every step of the way.
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NFA’s finest partnership is with Glazier Clinics … a company that personifies development and maximizing improvement. As the Athlete Development Partner of Glazier Clinics,NFA offers all 2012 Glazier Season Pass Holders free attendance to proctor a camp as well as substantial discounts on certification and camp tuition for your athletes.

NFA has partnered with Glazier Clinics and several of our Master and Senior Certified coaches
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Game Improvement Center

Introducing the launch of our new Game Improvement Center, a digital locker for your primary movement mechanics accessed by the new NFA Mobile app for smartphones! Free for a limited time to every athlete attending a National NFA Event, each athlete receives a primary movement mechanics video breakdown. Evaluations will now be recorded and uploaded to individual athlete’s NFA Game Improvement Center locker.

Make the most of our partnership by sending smartphone captured videos of your primary movement for additional instruction and feedback from one of our NFA Senior Certified coaches. The NFA Mobile app helps football athletes at all levels improve their game through mobile video analysis. Record your primary movement motion anywhere right on your phone and perform instant analysis.

Record on all 3G,3GS and iPhone 4′s
Trim oredit your video
Playback in Slow-mo or Frame-by-Frame
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