Programs

Option Zero’s Youth Enrichment Program provides the youth within Syracuse and surrounding areas with fun filled, holistic training. A child’s most impressionable age range is between 4 - 12yrs old. Children are sponges and their personalities are shaped by the experiences, role models, and core values that are presented to them. In most cities, we are battling youth violence, and if children are given the right direction in the early stages, they are less likely to falter as they get older.

Youth Enrichment

This class is used to help promote and instill structure, discipline, self-confidence, and character. We not only teach the basics of boxing, but life skills that will help the students in everyday life. This class also has a tutoring and homework program, that is structured to help maintain academic achievement inside the classroom.

Self Defense and Fitness

In this class, we don’t only focus on self defense, but discipline, and building up the individual’s mental toughness, while providing an amazing workout. The training shows how one’s body recalls strikes and movements while the body is under stress. We are in a world where violence is at an all-time high throughout the country, so to give an individual a skill like this, can help them defend themselves so that can get away to safety.

Violence Prevention

OptionZero is partnered with the SCSD and helps to reduce violence, promote better attendance, and help to increase student’s grades within the building. This is done through our Youth Coaches who are mentors, that have been proficiently trained in, restorative circles, de-escalation, mediations, and many other social-emotional practices. These Youth Coaches, are also positive role models in the community that the students can emulate within the building.