Parent guide
How Godspeed works for your family
Everything a Godspeed parent needs in one place: how the year runs, what practice looks like, what it costs and how to pay, what game days ask of you, and who to reach when you have a question. Start with the part that matches where you are.
Track one
Thinking about joining
Godspeed is a Denver club for boys in roughly fourth through sixth grade. Rosters are small on purpose, so minutes are earned on the floor rather than handed out. We do not recruit finished players. We take boys who are willing to work and we build them.
The year has three parts
A Godspeed family commits one season at a time, and most families stay for all three.
What the commitment actually is
Practice is Tuesday and Thursday, 6:00 to 8:00 pm, doors at 5:55, at Green Valley Ranch. Two weeknights on the floor, with games on top of that. Every session is built on the same seven blocks, so your son always knows what the night looks like before he walks in. Games and tournaments sit on top of that, and the calendar is always the source of truth for what is happening this week.
Consistency is the whole method. A boy who is there twice a week for a season improves in ways that a boy who comes when it is convenient does not. That is the single biggest thing you are agreeing to.
What it costs
Families pay season dues. Dues cover the things it takes to put a season on: gym time, coaching, league and tournament entry, and the club's insurance and registration. Two things are billed separately and are not part of dues:
- Uniforms
- Ordered once and kept. Once your son is rostered you pick his jersey number and sizes yourself, from your parent portal account.
- Team gear and apparel
- Practice and warmup items, ordered when they go out. Optional unless a coach says otherwise.
Travel and lodging for out-of-town tournaments are on your family. Fundraising runs alongside dues and lowers what families carry; it is offered, not required.
Current dues, due dates and your own balance live in the parent portal rather than on this page, so what you see there is always the real number for the season you are in.
How a boy joins
Track two
You just joined
Five things in your first two weeks. Do them in this order and nothing will surprise you later.
What he brings to practice
A ball, basketball shoes he can actually move in, a full water bottle, and shorts and a shirt he can sweat in. That is the whole list. No phone on the floor.
How we reach you
Schedule changes, reminders and anything time-sensitive go out by email and land on the calendar at the same time. Keep the email address on your portal account current, and check the calendar before you drive anywhere. If a session or a game moves, the calendar changes first.
Track three
You are already here
The day-to-day answers, for the season you are in the middle of.
Game and tournament days
- Arrive when your coach says, not when the game starts
- Call time comes from your son's coach for each event and is earlier than tip-off. He warms up with his team or he does not start the game ready.
- Take your turn with the scorebook
- Games need a parent on the book or the clock. We set the rotation at the start of the season so nobody is asked to scramble in the parking lot. If your turn lands badly, trade with another family and tell your coach.
- Cheer hard, coach nothing
- Your son can hear you. He can only follow one voice, and on game day it is his coach's. Let the officials work, however the call went.
- Out-of-town events
- Travel and lodging are on your family. Entry is covered by the program. The calendar carries the location and schedule as soon as it is confirmed.
When he has to miss
Life happens and we know it. Tell his coach ahead of time rather than after, and he comes back into the same place he left. What we ask is that missing practice stays the exception. Playing time follows what a boy shows in the gym, and the gym is where coaches see it.
Money, mid-season
Your balance, what has been paid, and anything outstanding are all in the parent portal. Uniforms and gear are billed separately from dues and show up as their own items. If something on your balance does not look right, send us the question and we will go through it with you.
What we ask of you
Get him there, on time, twice a week. Let the coaches coach. Talk to us early when something is wrong, whether it is money, school, or how he is doing. And notice out loud when he does the unglamorous things well, because that is what the whole program is built on.
What you get from us in return: your son is coached, not managed. He is told the truth about where he stands. He is never embarrassed in front of his teammates. And the same seven blocks run every session, so the work is never a mystery to him.
Questions
One inbox, and it reaches Coach Scott. Anything at all: schedule, dues, gear, or how your son is doing. We answer within 24 hours.