OTM Flag Football is a competitive youth flag football league for the surrounding communities of the Birmingham area. Players register as teams thus providing their own coach. We are offer competitive divisions for Grades 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th/8th. And Ages 7U, 8U, 9U, 10U, 11U, and 12U/13U.  Below is the age chart. 

Registration is open. Competitive teams practice as much as they can in the summer to avoid multiple competitive and recreational practices in the fall. Competitive games will begin in mid September. Competitive game are during the week. With the idea of keeping the weekends open for teams to participate in travel baseball or flag football tournaments. Practices are determined by your local park. The last day to register your competitive team is Wednesday, September 1st.    

We highly recommend competitive flag football teams to participate in it's local youth flag recreational leagues. Please let your local flag football director know that you have a competitive team. So if you have a 3rd grade OTM team, you will need to let your local flag football rec league director know that your players cannot practice on Wednesday nights due to OTM games.

With that being said cost is as follows. If your team participates in the OTM league and plays in your local youth flag recreational league the cost is $300 per team. For example, a Vestavia 4th grade team plays in the 4th grade OTM league and the local Vestavia 4th grade rec league than the OTM team registration fee is only $300. If that same Vestavia team does not play in their local rec league and plays in the 4th grade OTM league only than the team fee is $600.

If you have a strictly competitive team only and plan on playing in travel flag football tournaments. You have the option of playing in multiple OTM leagues to reduce the team registration fee. For example, a 5th grade team can play in the 5th grade OTM league for the team fee of $300 and play up in the 6th grade OTM league for the team of fee of $300 for a total of $600 for the team. As opposed to playing in just the 5th grade OTM league for $600.

There are 2 types of competitive youth flag football teams. You have the one type of team where most the kids are friends on the team and are looking for more competition than just the local flag league and would want to play in the Southeast Championship Flag Tournament in November to see how many games they can win and have a fun time. These teams should play in their local rec league and in the OTM league. 

The other type of team, is the team that collects the best athletes regardless who are friends or not. This team is looking at playing in multiple flag football travel tournaments this fall and are seriously considering playing at Nationals in Panama City in January. These type of teams should sign up for 2 competitive leagues and forgo the rec league if teams are 9U and up. 

Uniforms are not included in the team registration fee. The team registration fee only includes officials and flag belts for your players. 

The City of Hoover has partnered with other surrounding cities in the Birmingham area to offer the OTM Competitive Youth Flag Football League. Cites include, Alabaster, Gardendale, Helena, Homewood, Moody, Mountain Brook, Tuscaloosa, Trussville and Vestavia. Other cities in the surrounding area are welcome to participate. Please email if your community is interested.

Below is the team registration form and a FAQ document. Any questions please call or em​ail.


Below are the teams that participated in the Fall 2020 OTM Competitive Flag Football League

7U or 2nd Grade
9U or 4th Grade