The eighth-annual Walk-On’s Independence Bowl Youth Football Clinic is set for Saturday, June 9.

The clinic is open to all children from five years old up to incoming eighth grade students. The clinic will be held at Independence Stadium in Shreveport and will run from 8 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Registration will begin at 7 a.m. at the southwest entrance of Independence Stadium.

Registration for the clinic is free, and can be submitted online by clicking here. Parents must register their children in advance of the clinic, and registration for the clinic will close at 400 participants.

Participants of the clinic will receive instruction from college coaches from across the region. Coaches from Sam Houston State have already committed to participate, with additional coaches from other regional schools expected to join.

Clinic participants will learn football fundamentals by going through offensive, defensive and special teams drills. Participants will also be taught different fitness techniques and the importance of being physically active.

Lunch and t-shirts will be provided free of charge at the conclusion of the clinic.

Sponsors of the Youth Football Clinic include First Bossier, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, Willis-Knighton Health System, D1 Shreveport, Little Works in Progress and Sports World.