Founding Elite 8 applications are open · Cohort begins August 10, 2026
Visibility without surveillance

A true parent partnership.

Clear priorities, reliable communication, protected boundaries, and an organized view of the athlete’s development.

What parents can see

The information that helps families support the process.

Development

  • Next scheduled activity
  • Attendance
  • Current Blueprint priorities
  • Testing progress
  • Monthly Coach summary
  • Recent film themes

Accountability

  • Academic-check status
  • Program announcements
  • Enrollment and billing status
  • Game schedule
  • Athlete Identity approvals
  • Contact Coach Hood
Founding member portal preview
This week

5 of 7 check-ins completed

Sleep target met: 4 nights

Academic status

On track

Next check due Friday

Current focus

Pace into the second action

Physical status

No unresolved alert

Useful—not invasive

Patterns, priorities, and next steps.

Parents receive enough visibility to support the athlete without turning the dashboard into a surveillance system.

A weekly pattern summary can show check-in consistency, sleep targets, academic status, and unresolved physical alerts without exposing every private emotional selection.

What is protected

Trust requires boundaries.

Parents do not automatically receive private daily emotional selections, player notes, Prayer & Reflection entries, coach-only observations, or internal communication logs.

Private reflection is never graded. It can be shared with a parent only through an explicit athlete action, except when safety or mandatory-reporting obligations require escalation.

Communication boundaries

Open communication. Sustainable access.

Text first

Parents may text Coach Hood directly. A text should precede non-urgent phone conversations so a proper time can be established.

One business day

Non-urgent communication is normally answered within one business day. Coach Hood leads a full training schedule and is a father of four.

Identify urgency

Physical safety, schedule changes within 24 hours, and urgent player-wellbeing matters should be clearly identified in the message.

Youth safety

Parent initiated. Consent controlled.

No minor receives an active account or public profile merely by submitting an application.

Private by default

No public athlete profile is active by default. Separate participation and public-media permissions are maintained.

No live exposure

No home address, public phone number, real-time location, or public school schedule is shared.

No disappearing communication

Staff-athlete operational communication does not occur through disappearing private-message channels.

Approval before publishing

Public athlete content requires an active parent-controlled approval record.

Access control

Staff access is limited, logged, and removed when no longer required.

Export and ownership

Families retain ownership of athlete accounts and can receive an organized archive of completed work.

The enrollment process

A deliberate beginning.

1. Parent application
A parent initiates the process. Submission does not create a player account or guarantee acceptance.
2. Player-parent-Coach Hood conversation
The conversation addresses readiness, schedule compatibility, expectations, athlete interest, family alignment, and whether Coach Hood can serve the athlete well.
3. Acceptance and documents
Accepted families receive enrollment, participation, health, emergency, digital-consent, and media documents.
4. Payment and account creation
Accounts are provisioned only after acceptance, completed required documents, and payment.
5. Orientation and baseline
The family completes orientation, schedule setup, safety expectations, media decisions, testing, and the initial Blueprint process.
The Founding Eight

Eight athletes.
One premier personal standard.

The first Elite 8 cohort begins August 10, 2026. Applications are reviewed in the order received.

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