Iowa City Camps & Training | RedZone Football

preseason sessions

Session listed below run twice a week for four weeks from July 20 - August 13. They offer 8 preseason power hours of training-- short lines, high tempo, lots of reps. All sessions will occur at Northwest Junior High in Coralville. The cost is $120. Each group is capped at 16 participants.

These are premium training opportunities for player's to get a jump start on their season and their competition with experienced, technical coaching. Coach Blum has nearly two decades and thousands of hours in developing youth players with age-appropriate drills and coaching cues. Within sessions, players are matched with age/size/ability-appropriate partners & sub-groups. Training aids such as padding, shells, and others may be used to develop confidence and maintain safety.

All sessions below: Cost is $120*, occur at NW JrH in Coralville, capped at 16 participants

*MS Prep camp is $100,

rookie camp

Mon + Wed • 5:30-6:30 pm • Ages 5-7

Sessions for football beginners. They are designed to teach basic football skills such as throwing, catching, evasive running, chasing, and defending. Participants will also develop awareness while learning the sport's basic rules and procedures through recess-like games.

playmaker I

Tue + Thur • 5:30-6:30pm • Ages 7-9

Skill-building sessions for developing athletes ready for more than the basics. Participants will sharpen their skills advancing and defending the ball through fast-paced, game-like drills. Emphasis is placed on evasive running, ball skills, route awareness, vision, and defensive discipline while continuing to build confidence and coordination.

tumble rumble

Mon + Wed • 6:30-7:30 pm • Ages 7-9

Tumble Rumble sessions are designed for participants to acclimate to more competitive elements of the sport. Drills will require them to race, chase, push, pull, strain, drive, and contest. This training is delivered through fun and engaging activities- some of them skill-based and some more physical.

playmaker ii

Tue + Thur • 6:30-7:30pm • Ages 10-13

Advanced development sessions for more experienced players looking to elevate their playmaking ability. Participants will refine position-specific skills across offense and defense while encountering more nuanced strategic elements of the game. Sessions are competitive, detail-oriented, and designed to translate directly to game performance.

TACKLE TRAINING

Mon + Wed • 7:30-8:30 pm • Ages 10-13

Track, coil, connect, and finish. There are several elements to safe and effective tackling; deficiency with any of them can bring inconsistency or injury. Acclimate to delivering impact and winning the fight to finish here.

block & defend

Tue + Thur • 7:30-8:30 pm • Ages 10-13

These sessions are designed for players that play up front, down in the trenches. This applies to linemen, linebackers, tight ends, and full backs. Elements covered include run blocking, pass protection, block destruction, and pass rush.

Middle School Prep Camp offers a week of preseason training for an often forgotten about age group once fall seasons come around. While youth and high school teams usually start practicing in early August, junior high programs typically don't hit the field until school begins and there's very little training time as games come very soon thereafter.

This week-long camp will help players acclimate to football shape while covering broad fundamentals in areas such as throwing, catching, evasive running, blocking, tracking, tackling, and pass defense.

The cost for this camp is $100 and enrollment is limited to 16 participants. Sessions occur at Northwest Junior High in Coralville.

Middle School

PREP CAMP

August 17-21 • 7:30-8:45 am • Grade 5th-8th