Programs
Athlete fund, competition support, and free coach sessions.
Every program on this page is charitable. None of them is a paid membership plan. If you need a class schedule or a tuition quote for the academy, that lives on the training-facility site — not here.
1. Youth athlete fund
The athlete fund is the core program. A parent, coach, or the athlete (with a parent) can request help when cost is the reason a child would stop training or skip a competition. We ask for a short description of the need, the amount, and the date it is due. We do not publish a public price list because we are not selling packages. We pay vendors or reimburse documented costs when a request is approved.
Typical uses: a defined period of training fees when a household cannot pay the academy; a gi, rashguard, wrestling shoes, or headgear; a tournament registration; a hotel night or transportation for an out-of-town event; a last-minute stay-in-sport grant when a parent loses work mid-season. The point is specific and time-bound. We would rather cover one real bill completely than make a vague promise to “support youth sports.”
Requests are reviewed against available cash, the child’s training attendance, and whether the expense is actually required to stay in the sport. A gift can be restricted by a donor (“use this for travel”) and we will honor that restriction. Unrestricted gifts fill the gaps that restricted gifts do not cover.
2. Wrestling pathway
Wrestling is a priority sport for this charity. The training floor in Reseda hosts a youth wrestling group. The club is connected to USA Wrestling as a chartered club, which matters for athletes who need a legitimate pathway into regional and national competition — not a backyard program with no sanctioning body.
Charitable support on this pathway looks like: shoes and headgear so a child can practice safely; tournament fees so a prepared wrestler actually competes; travel so a family in Reseda can reach an event that is not on the next block. We also use coach sessions (below) to prepare kids for weigh-ins, match plans, and the hour after a loss, because paying for a trip is wasted if the athlete arrives without a head for the day.
We do not claim a statewide pipeline we have not built. We claim a Valley club, a chartered affiliation, and a fund that keeps individual wrestlers in the room.
3. Grappling and MMA youth support
Brazilian jiu-jitsu and youth mixed-martial-arts training share the same building and many of the same families. Gear (gis, rashguards, mouthguards) and competition travel are the same failure points as in wrestling. For younger athletes, programming stays on grappling and wrestling fundamentals. Striking-heavy work, when it exists at all, is age-appropriate and coach-controlled. This charity’s job is still the bill: keep the child in a structured class and get them to the events they trained for.
Cross-training is common. A wrestler may also need a gi for BJJ; a BJJ athlete may enter a wrestling season. The fund follows the athlete, not a silo. We will not force a family to pick one sport to qualify for help.
4. Free coach sessions — athletes, parents, families
These sessions are free for competing students and their families. They are not a product, not a ticket, and not a requirement attached to a donation. They exist because money is only half the barrier. The other half is a household that does not know what to say after a win, a loss, or a bad weigh-in.
- Competition coaching. Fight-day nerves, a simple match plan, what to do after a loss, sleep and food before competition, how to walk into a gym that is louder than practice.
- Parent circle. Sideline rules, what not to yell, how to talk in the car on the way home, reducing pressure without lowering standards, discipline that does not turn into punishment for a medal that did not come.
- Family meetings. One plan for the child, the parent, and the coach. Sportsmanship. How the household supports training on school nights. The long culture we want: live, study, train, compete — starting with the week in front of us, not a brochure.
Sessions are scheduled with the head coach. Email the contact address with the athlete’s name, sport, and the next event date. If we cannot take a meeting that week we will say so. We do not charge a “mindset package.”
How to ask for help
Write to info@prosportmma.com with subject line “Athlete support.” Include the child’s age, sport, what you need paid, the due date, and whether a coach can confirm attendance. Do not send medical records unless we ask. We will not publish a child’s story without a parent’s written okay.
If you are a donor who wants to fund a named need, say so on the donation form. If you are a school, church, or club referring a family, send the same email. This is a small organization. We answer; we do not run a call-center portal.