CLEATS FOR KIDS PROGRAM:

Futures Football helps the Denver and Aurora High School football coaches develop strong relationships with their student-athletes before high school. The program, which takes place every spring, is designed to help student athletes improve both athletically and academically through an intense practice and game schedule along with character development education.

Each team, made up of 35 student athletes, also participate in a five-week character development course led by local non-profit Project PAVE. Through innovative intervention and prevention education programming, Project PAVE instructors designed the ‘True Man’ curriculum specifically for middle school football players that focused on team values, healthy relationships, character development, positive conflict resolution and other relevant topics.

Since the program’s inception, DPS, APS, and the Broncos have seen dramatic improvements in the athletic and academic performance of the students participating, including a number of graduates playing football at the collegiate level.