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Ten weeks of football speed, change of direction and strength, January 4 to March 13, coached by former NFL linebacker Carl Bradford. Three small groups by grade, twice a week, on the days winter sports leave open. Every player is tested in week one and again in week ten.
January 4 – March 13, 2027 · Chino
Twenty coached sessions over ten weeks in a group of eight to ten players. Most players spend January to March doing nothing, and that's when next season's starting spots get won. Early-bird pricing runs through Sunday, December 20.
Running form, starts and stops, landing and body control. These are the basics youth football practice skips because there’s a playbook to install.
A faster, better-balanced 9-year-old is a safer one. That matters more in tackle football than anywhere else.
Speed, change of direction, a safe tackling posture and basic strength, taught before anyone worries about how much weight is on the bar.
This is the group getting ready for high school football. A player who walks into freshman summer already knowing how to sprint, cut and lift starts ahead.
First-step speed, the 5-10-5, strength and power, and the movement work behind every position: getting off the ball, breaking down, and changing direction without losing speed.
School lifting covers the weight room. This covers the speed and movement it doesn’t, on a Monday evening and a Saturday morning that school off-season lifting leaves open.
Second child in the program? $50 off their spot, on top of the early-bird price. Text Carl for the sibling link.
Not sure yet? Try it first
The 10-yard sprint, broad jump and 5-10-5, timed. Your player leaves with their numbers. Text Carl to hold a spot.
The same tests, for youth and middle school players after the youth season ends. Text Carl to hold a spot.
Three mornings: grades 3–8 at 9:00–10:00 AM, grades 9–12 at 10:15–11:30 AM. $79, and every dollar counts toward the off-season if you enroll by January 3. Sign up.
What is included
Coached personally by Carl Bradford, former NFL linebacker. Not a rotating staff.
10-yard sprint, standing broad jump, 5-10-5 pro-agility and a coach-scored movement screen, recorded with the surface, shoes and timing method so week ten repeats it exactly.
The same tests under the same conditions, and a private report for your family: what changed, what to keep working on, and the next step before spring.
No speed or strength result is guaranteed. Nobody can promise that honestly. What is guaranteed: your player is measured the same way twice, and you see the numbers. Results are private, and players are never ranked publicly.
The calendar, in full
Every group starts Monday, January 4, 2027. Grades 3–5 and 6–8 train Mondays and Wednesdays and finish Wednesday, March 10. Grades 9–12 train Mondays and Saturdays and finish Saturday, March 13. MLK Day and Presidents’ Day are school holidays, and we train on both.
Grades 3–8 train the Monday and Wednesday listed. Grades 9–12 train the Monday and the Saturday.
Questions
No. Most players start here with none. Carl scales the work to each player.
It’s the athletic base under every position: speed, change of direction and strength. The high school group adds position movement work, like getting off the ball and breaking down. One-on-one position coaching with Carl is private training, booked separately.
They make it up in any session of their own group, or the group one step up or down, that has space, before March 13. There are no private make-ups, and make-ups don’t carry past the end of the program.
Grades 3–5: $399 early-bird, $449 after December 20. Grades 6–8: $449 early-bird, $499 after. Grades 9–12: $549 early-bird, $599 after. Paid in full by card through our Square store with the Enroll button above. A second child gets $50 off. If paying in full is the only thing in the way, text Carl and we’ll work it out.
Full refund any time before the first session on January 4. After that there are no refunds. If an injury or illness ends your player’s off-season, with a doctor’s note, the unused sessions become credit toward any Bradford Fitness program.
A group needs five players to run, and we decide on December 28. If yours doesn’t run, you choose a full refund or a move to another group.
Yes. A parent or guardian signs a waiver and release of liability for anyone under 18. You can complete it here before the first session.
Training shoes, athletic clothes and a water bottle. No cleats or pads. Everything runs indoors.
Eight to ten players per group
Carl will tell you which group fits, whether the days work around winter sports, and what the first session looks like. No card, no obligation.
