Patriots Alumni Club to host free youth football clinic

The New England Patriots Alumni, the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation and NFL Foundation will host its annual ‘Football For YOU’ youth football clinic.

The clinic is offered free of charge to children between the ages of 9-14. New England Patriots Alumni will serve as instructors during the skills sessions, along with the local high school coaching staff.

“This event has given the Patriots Alumni and the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation an opportunity to reach out and show kids who might not really understand the values of team sports how it helps in the development of life skills,” former Patriots center Pete Brock, the President of the Patriots Alumni Club, said in a release.

“During the last eight years of having this program, kids have learned teamwork, camaraderie and discipline while justhaving fun. For all of the alumni players involved, it has been fun for us as we get to share our experiences with the kids.”

Now in its ninth year, the ‘Football For YOU’ program was created by Patriots Alumni in partnership with the City of Boston, Patriots Charitable Foundation and the NFL Foundation to bring the fundamentals of football to children in the metro Boston area.