Our Mission
The mission of the Optimist Youth Football program is to teach youth important life lessons while at the same time letting them have fun playing football. Since 1949 the Optimist Youth Football program has been touching lives, giving families and children a place to grow and learn together in an atmosphere of fun and football.
Optimist Football doesn’t have tryouts, there are no players cut instead kids learn basic life skills with friends and neighbors. Building teams around the player’s neighborhoods helps to build better football players and better people; if you can form a team of only the most talented players then they don’t have to work as hard. Optimist teams are only as strong as their weakest link and must work together to get better…that is the mission of Optimist Youth Football.
The objectives of the Optimist Youth Football program are:
• To provide a wholesome, enjoyable experience of playing football for youths from ages 6 to 12 years of age, while teaching the basic fundamentals of the game, teamwork, good sportsmanship, discipline and response to leadership.
• To encourage the players to maintain satisfactory grades in school and to emphasize the importance of keeping a proper relationship and balance between scholastic and athletic endeavors. To provide a satisfying, rewarding experience for coaches, sponsors, and those persons administering the program through their relationships in teaching and working with youth.
• To provide a well organized and implemented program that is appreciated and favorably received by the parents and the community.
