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About Us

Quarterback Academy OLA \ Q’BA \ noun 1. The best or most-skilled members of a
group providing an organized set of interrelated ideas, principles,
services and products intended to help customers increase their state
or condition of being fit.  2. A group of highly skilled coaches put together
for the purpose of making average quarterbacks great, and great quarterbacks elite.

OLA’s Primary Aim

“To learn, develop and lead.”

Company Story

Darin Slack founded the Quarterback Academy in 1988. Since then, Coach Slack and his staff have trained more than 20,000 QBs. He has positioned himself and his staff as the best teachers of QB fundamentals in the nation. During this time, Slack has pioneered training techniques that are simple, yet extremely effective at producing successful results for QBs of all levels.

Mission Statement

OLA strives to be a recognized leader in the QB 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 Quarterback coaches, athletes and parents the highest level of instruction and information, personalized service and knowledge they need to advance their training programs.

Vision

Train, Teach and Build young men and Quarterbacks.

Motto

Confidence – Character – Commitment – Consistency

Credo

Self-Correct, not self-destruct

Simply put, the OLA difference is a Self-Correct responsiveness that stems from an understanding of instant feedback.

With this Self-Correct awareness, improvement is immediate. And with informed repetition, that difference is lasting.

Core Values

  • We believe we can change the way young men think about football, career, and purpose for life.
  • We believe a QB’s highest achievement isn’t a scholarship or a victory.  It’s earning the respect of teammates and leading them by example.
  • We believe that every QB can make a difference, and therefore must achieve their potential.
  • We believe that if even one QB in every place we go hears the call to make a difference with his gift, then we’ve succeeded.
  • We believe it is our privilege to assist coaches in developing skilled, self-motivated young men for their programs who remind them how much fun they have doing what they do.
  • We believe it is our duty to assist parents, in fostering Confidence, Consistency, Character, and Commitment, the backbone of the C4 Self-Correct System.
  • We believe that the next generation of leaders is lost without understanding the rich reward and legacy that comes to men who sacrifice for a greater good.

Thank you for taking the time to consider what we believe.