USA Football, the sport’s national governing body on youth and amateur levels has announced that Shock Doctor as its official mouthguard partner.


Shock Doctor said its new three-year partnership with USA Football (through 2012) represents its most significant foray into youth football, a community composed of approximately 3.0 million youth football players and more than 120,000 teams.


The company will work with USA Football to help educate the youth football community on the importance of protective equipment by participating in the national governing bodys 85 football training and development events in 27 states serving youth football coaches, league commissioners, and athletes.


Shock Doctor also sponsors the What Football Taught My Child feature in USA Football Magazine, where parents share how Americas favorite sport benefits their children through exercise and its inherent values of teamwork, sportsmanship and responsibility. USA Football members reside in all 50 states and receive USA Football Magazine, Americas only magazine dedicated to youth and amateur football.


In addition, Shock Doctor mouthguards will protect USA Footballs national team athletes as they compete in International Federation of American Football (IFAF) competitions.  Fifty-six countries spanning five continents possess national federations dedicated solely to football and hold IFAF membership. USA Football is the United States sole delegate to IFAF. USA Football national teams compete in the following divisions:


As the official mouthguard of USA Football, Shock Doctor is committed to providing youth football players with mouthguards that provide the highest level of protection, said Jay Turkbas, senior vice president of product development at Shock Doctor. We support USA Football in providing training and education to players, coaches and officials. Shock Doctor was also honored to support USA Footballs recent ‘Team USA vs. The World game and to provide our state-of-the-art mouthguards to all the players.

Safe play leads to a fun and positive football experience, which is central to our mission, USA Football Executive Director Scott Hallenbeck said. Our partnership with Shock Doctor contributes directly to player safety, which makes this an important relationship for us. Were proud to have Shock Doctor be part of the USA Football family.