Colorado Titans Basketball Club

Programs: The colorado titans basketball club celebrated its 12th year of existence in 2017. We completed our eighth year as a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. The organization fielded 15 teams for 2016 and they were the following: u17's - two teams u16's - two teams u15's - four teams u14's - three teams u13's - two teams u11's - one team our teams were mostly comprised of 9 to 10 players with the exceptions of the u13', and u11's as we had multiple dual sport athletes. During the 2017 season, 210 boys and one girl aged 11 to 18 participated in our titans basketball program tryouts. After tryouts concluded in mid- march and rosters were set we had 158 players represent our respective teams. 2017 marked the second year of our agreement to play in the ny2la basketball association circuit. This association allowed our top 17's, 16's, and 15's to compete against other top clubs from across the nation while bringing exposure to our players in national events that ny2la ran. This exposure allows our players to play in front of many college coaches. Our remaining teams started at the same time in april playing around the denver area. Our teams participated in 6 tournaments through the months of april and may. During the month of june we ran skill development sessions with all of our teams and our u11's and 13's teams played in an additional two tournaments. Our season then concluded with teams playing locally and nine teams traveling to las vegas. In 2017 we traveled with the following teams: april 21st - 23rd; dallas, tx 17 gold, 16 gold, 15 gold, april 28th - 30th, minneapolis, mn17 gold, 16 gold, 15 gold july 12th- 16th; milwaukee, wi 17 gold, 17 black, 16 gold, 16 black, 15 gold, 15 black, 14 gold july 20th - 24th; ontario, ca17 gold, 16 gold, 15 gold july 20nd - 24th; las vegas, nv; 17 gold, 17 black, 16 gold, 16 black, 15 gold, 15 black, 15 white, 14 gold, during the months that we are playing each team in our program practices two to three times per week. We focus on individual play and team concepts. Our program is geared to make these players the best basketball player that they can be while becoming young men in addition to two to three practices per week each team also received one hour of skill development sessions with different coaches throughout the program. The colorado titans basketball club charges the families of our player's the following fees to participate in our program: coaching and director tournament entry practice gym rental uniforms and player gear coaches gear airfare lodging transportation overhead costs/office supplies insurance the following was the breakdown for the 2017 season: u17 gold - 4700 u17 black - 3700 u16 gold - 4700 u16 black - 3700 u15 gold - 4700 u15 black - 3700 15 white - 2800 15 grey - 1900 u14 gold - 3600 u14 black - 1800 14 white - 1800 u13 gold - 1800 u13 black - 1800 u11 gold - 1200 we solicit donations from local businesses to offset some scholarship requests from individual players and/or reduce some national travel costs. Our mission is to provide 11-18 year old boys the opportunity to learn the game of basketball and grow and mature as people and players through this experience. The 27 current titans coaches emphasize individual skill development, teach team fundamentals and require all players to give 100% effort defensively. We expect our teams to compete at the highest level, and the coaches to distribute playing time with that goal in mind. The colorado titans commit to developing players through hard work, practice and inspired coaching. Since 2016 we have now had 34 commitments to play at the college level which is the highest it has ever been in a three year span for the colorado titans organization in 2017 for the first time we added a team from northern colorado/greeley area. This team practiced in greeley and played in the power to play league up there as well. This team was coached by armando garcia sr. And we hope to continue building up north as a branch of the titans organization.