Andalusia High School quarterbacks got the chance Tuesday morning to run through a training camp with Old School Quarterbacks founder Brad Frazier at the indoor practice facility at AHS.

In college, Frazier played quarterback at Howard Payne University, and spent one season at Texas A&M before an injury ended his playing career.

“My dad coached for 25 years,” Frazier said. “And I went slightly different route by starting Old School Quarterbacks.”

Frazier founded OSQ in 2003 in a suburb just outside of Dallas, and has been training elite quarterbacks ever since.

The OSQ mission statement on their website says, “Old School Quarterbacks operates on the principle that the art of quarterbacking is based on leadership and critical thinking skills that translate both on and off the field. In 2003, Coach Brad Frazier began OSQ and continues to operate and lead OSQ, developing athletes as young as 8 years old through college and professional level.”

“I currently have 42 college quarterbacks, four in the Canadian Football League and three who have been invited two to NFL camps,” Frazier said.

Frazier said that he also has a number youth, junior high and high school quarterbacks in his program as well.

“Our focus here is on fundamentals and throwing mechanics,” Frazier said. “But we also offer leadership course, chalk talk course and a champions program for quarterbacks.”

Frazier said that they champions program is structured for turning quarterbacks into champions on and off the field.

Coming into a camp, Frazier said the first thing he does is he quizzes the quarterbacks on what they know.

“I find out what they know and I find out from the coaches what they will be doing during the season,” Frazier said. “That way I can tailor it to what they will need, and I’m not teaching them something that they won’t be using.”

The Andalusia players spent Tuesday learning drills that they will be able to continue to use long after the camp is over.

They focused a lot on technique such as footwork, ball release and body position.

“We really want to focus on improving technique,” Frazier said.

Frazier said that he does camps all over the place, but that he also has several clients who come to Dallas to work out with him.

“We have motion software analytics that we offer and also video the training sessions,” Frazier said. “You can tell a guy all day what he is doing right or what he is doing wrong, but he might not get it. When you can show him exactly what he is doing on film it really helps it sink in and stick.”

 

 

 

Senior Taylor Griffin