YES Clinic


The University of Minnesota Duluth(UMD) and the NCAA's Youth Education through Sports (YES) program will hold a free ice hockey clinic for boys and girls, ages 10-18, on Saturday, March 22, in conjunction with the 2003 NCAA Women's Frozen Four.

The clinic, which will run from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., will be held at the Sports and Health Center on the UMD campus. Top college coaches and student-athletes are scheduled to appear at the YES Clinic including Jeff Vizenor of Minnesota State-Mankato, Tom Babson of Boston College, Sue Kempt of Ohio State and Shantel Rivard of North Dakota. Since its inception in 1985, the NCAA's Youth Education through Sports (YES) program has reached an unprecedented level of popularity. Each year, YES clinics, held at selected NCAA championships serve nearly 10,000 youth ages 10 to 18 who engage in fun and challenging sports-skill, life skill and conditioning sessions conducted by top collegiate coaches and student-athletes.

The NCAA also recognizes the importance of reaching parents and youth coaches. During each YES clinic parents and coaches have opportunity to discuss with clinic staff issues regarding youth sports such as coaching, nutrition, sportsmanship and injury prevention. Additional topics relative to recruiting and admission requirements for collegiate student-athletes are also discussed.

YES is another way that coaches and student-athletes share the NCAA's commitment to challenging young people to strive for higher levels of achievement in both athletics and academics.

For more information on the 2003 Women's Frozen Four YES Clinic, contact Sue MacDonald in the UMD Athletic Department at (218) 726-8721 or Bob MacDonald at (218) 624-0794.