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Structured youth performance programming for expanded learning, after-school and intersession — built to improve movement, confidence, teamwork and sportsmanship, and run by a provider your coordinators can rely on. Fourteen sessions completed at Mission Elementary, Ontario-Montclair School District, spring 2026.
What this is
The problem most sites are trying to solve is not that students need another sport. It is that they need to move well, want to come back, and get something out of the hour that carries past it.
So the program is built on movement fundamentals — running, changing direction, landing, balance, coordination — taught progressively across a block of sessions and applied through games students actually want to play. Flag football is one application at the end of the arc, not the point of it.
Alongside the physical work, every session carries the same behavioral thread: teamwork, communication, respect for teammates, and how to compete and lose well. At Mission that was the part the site coordinator noticed first.
Sessions are led personally by Carl Bradford — four seasons in the NFL as a linebacker, a fourth-round Green Bay draft pick in 2014, and a former high school defensive coordinator. That background is why the coaching holds up. It is not what the program is about.
Built around your site, not a fixed package
The proof
Carl Bradford delivered a fourteen-session athletic development program at Mission Elementary through the district's Expanded Learning Opportunities Program across the spring 2026 semester, February through May.
“From the very first session, students were excited to participate and looked forward to each class. His classes were well-organized, engaging, and thoughtfully designed to meet the needs and interests of our students. Throughout the program, we saw noticeable growth in students’ physical skills, confidence, and teamwork. He is organized, communicative, flexible, and easy to work with.”
The full written recommendation is available on request, along with a program summary, the session-by-session outline and the written indoor and small-space adaptations, so you can see the curriculum before you commit to anything.
How a block is built
This is the arc Mission Elementary ran, and it is the starting point rather than a fixed package. The sequence is deliberate — each phase is built on the one before it, which is what makes the last few weeks work — but block length, session count, emphasis and the sport used in phase three are all adapted to what your site needs and the time you can give it.
Athletic stance, acceleration mechanics, balance, coordination and body control. This is also where the behavior standard for the whole block gets set — the routine, the expectations and the way students speak to each other.
Establishes the movement vocabulary every later phase refers back to.
Changing direction under control, reacting to something outside their own head, and decision-making at speed. Delivered largely through movement games, which is where engagement climbs.
The bridge from drills to anything resembling a sport.
Flag football skills — catching, routes, pursuit angles, pulling flags — taught explicitly as an application of the movement work from phases one and two. Students can feel the connection, and that is the point.
Non-contact throughout. No tackling at any stage.
Small-sided games, skill challenges and a closing championship day with certificates for every student and awards that are not about winning — hardest worker, best teammate, most improved.
The session sites most want photographed — with your written media permission.
Before anyone steps on campus
Site administrators ask about clearances before they ask about the program. Bradford Fitness is set up to answer them in a single email rather than a three-week back-and-forth.
Every district writes its own vendor requirements. Tell us yours and we will return the complete packet — not a partial one that needs chasing.
Certificates provided on request
Verified as of September 2026. Current certificates are provided to your district on request.
Practicalities
The three things that decided whether the Mission block happened, and what they are likely to be at your site too.
The Mission block was funded through the site's Expanded Learning Opportunities Program allocation, which is the usual route. Pricing is quoted per athlete per completed session against your roster and block length, so a site pays for what it actually receives. Invoicing matches the approved contract exactly.
That is the honest lead time to get paperwork, scheduling and a purchase order in place without rushing anyone. Fall planning happens in May and June; spring blocks are decided between November and January. Tell us your window and we will work to it.
Blacktop, field or multi-purpose room all work, and the session adapts to heat advisories, rain and calendar changes. Every session has a written indoor version, a small-space version and a low-attendance version, so moving inside is the first response and canceling is the last.
Common questions
Yes. We will run a full session at your site at no cost so a coordinator can watch the real thing with real students. That offer is open to any school, and it is the fastest way to answer every question on this page at once.
A site staff member should be present, as your supervision policy almost certainly requires. They do not need to run anything. One instructor leads the session for a group of up to twenty-five.
The session runs indoors. Every session in the curriculum has an indoor adaptation written into it, along with versions for a smaller space and lower attendance. Canceling is the last resort, not the first.
No. There is no tackling at any stage and no contact drills. Flag football appears in phase three as an application of the movement work, played with flags and a touch rule.
Right now Carl coaches every session himself, so concurrent sites are limited by his calendar — tell us your window early and we will tell you honestly what we can commit to. Beyond that, additional instructors are hired and trained against a written session manual, and every instructor completes DOJ and FBI Live Scan clearance before working a campus. That clearance takes several weeks, so a second concurrent site needs roughly a term of notice, not a phone call in September.
We confirm purchase order and invoicing requirements before the program starts rather than after, and invoice against the approved contract exactly — dates, session count, student count, rate and total. Payment terms follow your district's standard.
One hour, your students, no cost and no commitment. A coordinator watches the real session and decides afterward. It is a better use of your time than any proposal we could send.
